I was a knock-kneed freckle faced overshy underfed boy

In the summer I'll always remember

Said I was high-strung middle-class oversexed underemployed

By september I was a man

I followed the throng

Out to the coast and found

A girl who stepped out of a song

And my world filled with light and sound as she said to me

Can I borrow a kiss that's what I heard

Can I borrow a kiss no cost incurred

And I'll pay it back with interest

If you'll only say the word

Can I borrow a kiss like lovers do

Can I borrow a kiss make dreams come true

Let me know I exist can I borrow a kiss

And I'll give it right back to you

And I'll give it right back to you

She was a dark-haired satin-skinned velvet-eyed wisp of a girl

With a smile that could stop you from breathing

She had me coming on getting off tuning in and out of this world

And believing love was for real

Just like in a poem

She smiled that smile and then

I knew I would not be alone

And that soon all my cares would end when she said to me

Can I borrow a kiss is what I heard

Can I borrow a kiss no cost incurred

And I'll pay it back with interest

If you'll only say the word

Can I borrow a kiss like lovers do

Can I borrow a kiss make dreams come true

Let me know I exist can I borrow a kiss

And I'll give it right back to you

And I'll give it right back to you

When I look back upon the time that's passed away

It always seems that all my dreams are yesterday

And I'll pay it back with interest

If you'll only say the word

Can I borrow a kiss like lovers do

Can I borrow a kiss make dreams come true

Let me know I exist can I borrow a kiss

And I'll give it right back to you

And I'll give it right back to you