I?m goin? to buy a paper doll that I can call my own,
A doll that other fellas cannot steal
And then those, flirty, flirty guys, with their flirty, flirty eyes
will have to flirt with dollies that are real
When I come home at night she will be waiting,
She?ll be the truest doll in all the world
I?d rather have a paper doll to call my own
than have a fickle-minded real live girl
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I guess I?ve had a million dolls or more,
I guess I?ve played the doll game o?er and o?er
I just quarreled with Sue, that?s why I?m blue;
She?s gone away and left me just like all dolls do
I?ll tell you, boys, it?s tough to be a-lone,
and it?s tough to love a doll that?s not your own.
I?m through with all of them, I?ll never fall again,
?cause this is what I?m gonna do
I?m goin? to buy a paper doll that I can call my own,
A doll that other fellas cannot steal
And then those, flirty, flirty guys, with their flirty, flirty eyes
will have to flirt with dollies that are real
When I come home at night she will be waiting,
She?ll be the truest doll in all the world
I?d rather have a paper doll to call my own
than have a fickle-minded real live -
a fickle-minded real live -
a fickle-minded real live girl