Little Willie John
Fever
(1956)

(popularisée par Peggy Lee)

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Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
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I get a fever that's so hard to bear, you give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning
Fever all through the night

Sun lights up the daytime
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I'm gonna treat you right, you give me fever
When you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever, in the morning
Fever all through the night

Everybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

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Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said Julie, baby, you're my flame, thou givest fever
When we kisseth
Fever with our flaming youth
Fever, I'm afire
Fever yeah I burn for sooth'

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Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said daddy, oh, don't you dare, he gives me fever
With his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his missus
Oh daddy, won't you treat him right

Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade, they give you fever
When you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn

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