You see
a pair of laughing eye s
And sud denly you're sighing,
sighing
You're thinking nothing's wrong,
you string along, boy, then snap
Of those eyes, those sighs,
they're part of the tender
trap
You're hand in hand beneath the tree
And soon there's music
in the breeze
You're acting kind of smart
Until your heart just
goes whap
Of those trees that breeze
They're part of the tender
trap
Some starry night
When her kisses make you tingle,
she'll hold you tight
An d you'll hate your
self for being single
An d all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing
shoes and rice
You'll hurry to a spot
that's just a dot on the map
You wonder how it all came about
It's too late now,
there's no getting out
You fell in love,
and love is the tender trap
Some starry night
when her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight
an d you'll hate your
self for being single
Oh, and all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot
that's just a dot on the map
You wonder how it all came about
It's too late now, there's no getting out
You fell in love,
and love is the tennis rack
Such a tennis rack
Ooh, what a tennis rack
Oh, what a thing to do!