Back when I was goin' to school,    I never learned a thing   All I did was daydream,    a-waitin' for the bell to ring   I had a certain teacher,    I always tried to impress her   When she stood up in the classroom,    I would mentally undress her   Then one day I decided,    that I would write a little letter   She said the spellin' was a masterpiece,    the punctuation could be better   I understood what she was saying,    I got the gist of her sentiment   She said "I don't mean to be degrading,    "but here's the way that it should've went:"       Chorus) I love you period    Do you love me question mark    Please, please exclamation point    I want to hold you in parentheses    I love you period    Do you love me question mark    Please, please exclamation point    I want to hold you in parentheses       Right on up to high school,    people said I was a writin' fool   All my letters became really great,    with punctuation that was never late    But I was havin' trouble meetin' girls,    I never knew the things to say    Soon I had 'em all overwhelmed,    when they heard me talk this way, like this:       Chorus) I love you period    Do you love me question mark    Please, please exclamation point    I want to hold you in parentheses    I love you period    Do you love me question mark    Please, please exclamation point    I want to hold you in parentheses