If I had said what you said   I would have won   But I was just across the isle   On the other side of the world      She could have chosen any of us   But she chose you   It's kind of hard to swallow    To tell you the truth      Oh yeah she was something sweet   Yeah, yeah she was something brief   Something brief      Her purse it was pearled   Her dress it was white   And the contrast between them   Is the beauty I find   The emotion that I feel when she's standing still   Is that of a poor boy   In Beverly Hills      Yeah, yeah she was something sweet   And oh, yeah she was something brief   Yeah, yeah she was something sweet      Yeah, yeah she was something sweet   Oh, yeah she was something brief   Yeah, yeah she was something sweet