She Can't Find Her Keys

Album: Greatest Hits (1962)
Charted: 19
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  • When I take my baby home at night
    I can't wait to kiss and hold her tight
    But by then the time begins to drag
    When she starts searching through her bag
    "She says just a moment please
    I can't find my keys
    And here's what happens while he's waiting for her squeeze"
    She pulls out
    Lipstick, powder, bubble gum and bobby pins
    But she can't find her keys "her keys"
    Curlers, tweezers, cold creme and candy bars
    But she can't find her keys "her keys"
    Nail file, school books, an autograph of Fabian
    She can find with ease
    But I'm standing here waiting for a goodnight kiss
    Cause she can't find her keys
    "Sha da sha da sha da she can't find her keys"
    I give up go home and go to sleep
    But next night my date with her I keep
    Walk her home we start to kiss and then
    It all starts happening again
    "She says just a moment please
    I can't find my keys
    And here's what happens while he's waiting for her squeeze"
    She pulls out
    Gumdrops, glasses, magazines and tangerines
    But she can't find her keys "her keys"
    Presley records, hair spray and jelly beans
    But she can't find her keys "her keys"
    Eyebrow pencils, perfume and potato chips and portable batteries
    But I'm standing here waiting for a goodnight kiss
    Cause she can't find her keys
    "But he's standing here waiting for a goodnight kiss
    Cause she can't find her keys"
    She pulls out
    (Frozen custard, piano bench, pretzels and a monkey wrench
    Tennis racket, army cots, pumpkin seeds and coffee pots
    Watermelons, goal post, a rabbit's foot and French toast
    Fire hydrant, ash can, TV set, electric fan
    BUT SHE CAN'T FIND HER KEYS!!) Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 15, 1962, Paul Petersen performed "She Can't Find Her Keys" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
    And on the same day he was appearing on 'Bandstand', that evening he was playing Jeff Stone in the 'The New Office' episode on 'The Donna Reed Show'
    He appeared in 275 episodes of the ABC-TV family sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show' between the years of 1958 and 1966...
    William Paul Petersen will celebrate his 73rd birthday come next September 23rd {2018}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 25th 1962, Paul Petersen performed "My Dad" on the ABC-TV family sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show'...
    Seventeen days later on November 11th, 1962 the song entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #93; and ten weeks later on January 20th, 1983 it peaked at #6 {for 1 week} and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
    The record's B-side was a covered version of Johnny Burnette's 1961 hit "Little Boy Sad"; Mr. Burnette's version reached #17 on the Top 100.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 25th 1962, "She Can't Find Her Keys" by Paul Petersen entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #90; and on April 22nd it peaked at #19 (for 1 week) and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
    Between 1962 and 1964 he had six records make the Top 100; with "My Dad" being his biggest hit, it reached #6...
    Mr. Petersen, born William Paul Petersen, will celebrate his 69th birthday this coming September 23rd (2014).
  • Linda from Hillsboro, OrBoy, does this bring back memories for me. My friends and I used to listen to this record over and over, trying to memorize all the things she had in her purse!
  • Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScWow. She'd have to have an awfully big purse for it to contain all those things. I've never heardthis song, but the description makes it seem funny
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