[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:07.04]Gather around  I've got a story to tell [00:10.86]About a Manhattan lady that I know very well [00:15.55]She lives at five Riverside  her name is Shirley Devore [00:19.98]And she traveled 'round the world to meet the guy next door [00:24.42]Well  there was trouble inside apartment 29 E [00:28.80]'Cause Shirley's mother and dad were as upset as can be [00:32.98]They said we hate to complain dear and we don't like to grouse [00:37.42]But your nearly 32  you should get out of the house [00:44.61]You gotta ring them bells  you gotta ring them bells [00:49.61]You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells [00:54.05]It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling [00:58.30]You gotta ring them bells [01:04.55]Well  Shirley was 31  which she was loathe to admit [01:08.73]And she had never been loved  which didn't thrill her a bit [01:12.80]And so she sat and she thought  she thought for hours on end [01:16.61]And said I'll go to Chase  Manhattan where I got me a friend [01:20.43]And so she borrowed a thou' and called TWA [01:24.68]And told her mother and dad that she was up and away [01:28.43]I'm gonna travel the continent  a month  maybe  two [01:32.80]And haul me home a hus' if it's the last thing I do [01:39.11]You gotta ring them bells  you gotta ring them bells [01:43.74]You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells [01:48.18]It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling [01:51.93]You gotta ring them bells [02:01.93]She met a Londoner first but they did not hit it off [02:05.61]'Cause every time she approached he got a bronchial cough [02:09.43]And so she went to Madrid and met a handsome Senior [02:13.56]But he liked to throw the bull and he was no matador [02:17.12]She also bombed out in Brussells  in Mallorca and Rome [02:21.06]Til' someone said  "Try Dubrovnik  dear before you go home" [02:25.06]'Cause it's the kind of a town where you'll be likely to fall [02:28.99]And all the toni cognoscenti find the Balkans a ball [02:35.74]You gotta ring them bells  you gotta ring them bells [02:40.36]You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells [02:44.68]It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling [02:48.62]You gotta ring them bells [02:58.49]And so she went to Dubruvnik and the very first day [03:02.00]She met a guy on the beach who took her reason away [03:05.62]Yes  it was love at first sight and quite a beautiful scene [03:09.62]She said  "My name is Shirl Devore"  he said  "I'm Norm Saperstein" [03:13.56]She said  "Are you from New York"  he said  "That can't be denied [03:17.06]I've got a swell junior three at number five  Riverside" [03:22.69]"Five  Five Riverside Drive in New York  that's where you live " [03:29.49]"That's  that's where I live  Five  Are you sure " [03:34.93]As if that wasn't enough for Shirley thought she'd gone deaf [03:38.24]When he told her his apartment there was 29 F [03:51.19]Yes  she was 'E'  he was 'F' and they had not even met [03:54.75]Until she traveled the world to Yugoslavia yet [03:58.37]He'd always been right next door and she would never have known [04:01.75]If she hadn't tried Dubrovnik  she might still be alone [04:09.99]Well  there's a moral to learn from little Shirley Devore [04:19.62]Who had to borrow a thou' to find a lover next door [04:23.75]You girls who live in apartments  don't just stare at the wall [04:28.56]Open up the door and hurry out in the hall [04:34.50]And  oh ring them bells  come on  come on  ring them bells [04:44.94]Make 'em sing  you'd better ring the bells [04:49.06]It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling [04:52.81]You gotta swing them  ring them  swing them  ring them bells