Lead Me On

Album: Lead Me On (1979)
Charted: 5
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  • I have often heard you say
    You love me as a friend
    But I love you more than anyone
    You know I can't pretend no longer

    I would give you anything
    I'd throw my world
    But you don't want to hear that anymore
    And you want to hear me say

    Come on and lead me on
    Come on and tease me all night long
    Lovin' you I know it's right
    I'll always need you, I'll never leave you

    Come on and lead me on
    Tease me all night long
    I'd rather be a fool with a broken heart
    Than someone who never had a part of you

    You know I told you from the start
    Exactly how I feel
    Time goes on, seems nothing's changed
    I'm in love for real

    We have never played the games
    That real lovers do
    So maybe we are better off
    But, baby, I'd still like this from you

    Come on and lead me on
    Come on and tease me all night long
    Lovin' you I know it's right
    I'll always need you, I'll never leave you

    Come on and lead me on
    Tease me all night long
    I'd rather be a fool with a broken heart
    Than someone who never had a part of you

    Come on and lead me on (Come on and lead me)
    Come on and tease me all night long (Tease me all night long)
    I'd rather be a fool with a broken heart
    Than someone who never had a part of you

    Come on and lead me on (Come on and lead me)
    Tease me all night long (Tease me all night long)
    Lovin' you I know it's right
    I'll always need you, I'll never leave you

    Come on and lead me on
    Tease me all night long Writer/s: PETER H BROWN, ROBERT S RANS
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 28th 1979, Maxine Nightingale performed "Lead Me On" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...Two months earlier on May 20th, 1979 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #89; and on September 9th, 1979 it peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} and spent almost a half-year on the Top 100 {23 weeks}...And on July 1st, 1979 it reached #1 {for 7 non-consecutive weeks} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...Between 1976 and 1979 she had four Top 100 records; with two reaching the Top 10, her other Top 10 record was "Right Back Where We Started From", it peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on April 25th, 1976.Maxine Nightingale, her real birth name, will celebrate her 62nd birthday this coming November 2nd, 2014...
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