Lyrics: Jack Murphy



I've been a little reluctant

To share my feelings out loud

I've never done well addressing a crowd

But love can't live in shadows

That's not what love's about

It's time romance in the closet came out



Call the times with the news

Tell them "Boys, stop the presses

I've got a headline for you"

Just say: "I certify there's a guy

Whose love is true"



Tell the ships out at sea

Not to send S.O.S's

Everything's fin'ly okay

I'm content with a gent who has sent the clouds away

Climb the highest church steeple

And tell all the folks

I have what they're down on their knees for

I love you and...

It's no secret anymore



Tell Dear Abby to write

What she wants it won't matter

Because I don't need advice

What you've got is too hot for me not

To roll the dice Let the rumors go wild

Let the gossips just chatter

And let the scandal commence

We'll just tell them we fell and to hell

With common sense



Take a deep breath

And sing it all over the place

And then breathlessly whisper the encore

I love you and...

It's no secret anymore



I've always played love too close to the vest

Trying to hide it somehow

Acting as if I was under arrest

Till now



Put a sign in Times Square

Get an internet address

Baby dot com turtledove

Ring a bell, start to yell, but just tell

Them we're in love



Get a billboard and paint it

A hundred feet high

Tell all the world what they're in for

You're the man that I simply adore

I love you and...

It's no secret anymore






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