Petula Clark - Cherish lyrics

(Terry Kirkman) Cherish is the word I use to describe All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you You don't know how many times I've wished that I could mold you Into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you Cherish is the word that more than applies To the hope in my heart each time I realize That I am not going to be the one to share your dreams That I am not going to be the one to share your schemes That I am not going to be the one to share what seems To be the life that you could cherish as much as I cherish yours Oh, I'm beginning to think that man has never found The words that could make you want me That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound That could make you hear, make you see That you are driving me out of my mind If I just say I need you, oh, then you'd realize That I want you and I could never disguise How much I love you when every nerve in me cries Out for the moment when you touch my face, my hands And gaze into my eyes Yeah Cherish is the word I use to describe All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you You don't know how many times I've wished that I could mold you Into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you And I do Cherish you Cherish is the word