i was a knock-kneed freckle faced overshy underfed boy in the summer i'll always remember said i was high-strung middle-class oversexed underemployed by september i was a man i followed the throng out to the coast and found a girl who stepped out of a song and my world filled with light and sound as she said to me can i borrow a kiss that's what i heard can i borrow a kiss no cost incurred and i'll pay it back with interest if you'll only say the word can i borrow a kiss like lovers do can i borrow a kiss make dreams come true let me know i exist can i borrow a kiss and i'll give it right back to you and i'll give it right back to you she was a dark-haired satin-skinned velvet-eyed wisp of a girl with a smile that could stop you from breathing she had me coming on getting off tuning in and out of this world and believing love was for real just like in a poem she smiled that smile and then i knew i would not be alone and that soon all my cares would end when she said to me can i borrow a kiss is what i heard can i borrow a kiss no cost incurred and i'll pay it back with interest if you'll only say the word can i borrow a kiss like lovers do can i borrow a kiss make dreams come true let me know i exist can i borrow a kiss and i'll give it right back to you and i'll give it right back to you when i look back upon the time that's passed away it always seems that all my dreams are yesterday and i'll pay it back with interest if you'll only say the word can i borrow a kiss like lovers do can i borrow a kiss make dreams come true let me know i exist can i borrow a kiss and i'll give it right back to you and i'll give it right back to you