My mistake was to love you, girl   Love you, girl   My mistake was to love you, boy   Love you, boy      First I had you in the palm of my hand   But I let you slip through like rain to sand   At the beginning when I didn't care   Like my own reflection you were always there      My mistake was to love you, girl   Love you, girl   My mistake baby, was to give you all   Tell the world      You were sweeter then my very own kin   But what did I do for you? Not a thing   In front of my friends you broke me down   Since then darling, it's hard to track you down      My mistake was to love you, boy   Love you, boy   My mistake was to give my all   Tell the world      Many a smile you put on my face   But I paid dearly with the tears I taste   My tenderness made you cold, not sweet   'Cause if a girl loves you, you only call her weak      My mistake was to love you, boy   Oh love you, girl   My mistake was to give my all   Tell the world      My mistake was to love you, girl   Love you, boy   Love you, girl   Love you, boy   My mistake baby, to give you all   Tell the world   My, my, my, mistake