Recitation:
We've known each other since we were in school. You always thought i was a crazy fool. 'Guess everyone thinks i'm quite a clown, yeah, the life of the party, fun to have around. You won't believe i'm serious with what i'm about to say. I know it's out of character for me to act this way, but...(start singing the chorus:)
Don't Laugh Now. 'Cause i'm in love with you. Don't Laugh Now. I know you could never love me too. And i don't mean to embarra** you by letting my feelings show. It's not like me to let you see me lose my self control. Don't Laugh Now. Wait'll i leave. Just this once forgive me for wearing my heart on my sleeve. But i couldn't hold it any longer. I just had to let you know. Don't Laugh Now, wait'll i go. Don't Laugh Now, wait'll i go.
Recitation:
You had a lot of sweethearts and i watched you love 'em. You had a lot of friends and i was just one of 'em. Someone to pick you up when love would go wrong. Help you through the rough times when you were all alone. All those many nights i held you and you never knew what i was feeling in my deepest heart for you. A cornball, paliachhi, who has no right to say the foolish words i blurted out today...(start singing the chorus again)