Released: February 3, 1969
Songwriter: Curly Putman Bobby Braddock
Producer: Bob Ferguson
[Verse 1]
Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tear the heart right out of me
[Chorus]
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E
[Verse 2]
Watch him smile, he thinks it Christmas
Or his 5th Birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words
And turn my head when I speak
'Cause I can't spell away this hurt
That's dripping' down my cheek
[Chorus]
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tear the heart right out of me
[Chorus]
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E
[Verse 2]
Watch him smile, he thinks it Christmas
Or his 5th Birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words
And turn my head when I speak
'Cause I can't spell away this hurt
That's dripping' down my cheek
[Chorus]
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going' away
I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E
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