Gore, Lesley - That's The Way Boys Are Lyrics






When I'm with my guy and he watches all the pretty girls go by...
Well I feel so hurt deep inside, I wish that I could die!
Not a word do I say...
I just look the other way!
'Cause that's the way boys are!
That's the way boys are!

When he treats me rough and he acts as though he doesn't really care...
Well, I never tell him that he is so unfair!
Plus, he loves me and I know it...
But he's just afraid to show it!
'Cause that's the way boys are!
That's the way boys are!

Oh, when he wants to be alone...
I just let him be!
'Cause I know that soon enough...
He will come back to me!

When we have a fight
I think that I won't see him anymore!
Then before I know it - there he is...
Standin' at my door!
Well I let him kiss me then...
'Cause I know he wants me back again!
That's the way boys are!
Yes, that's the way boys are!

Oh, I love him!
Well now, that's the way boys are!
I said that's the way boys are!





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  1. D.... O....

    Love you thank you Lesley

  2. J.... S....

    Yea,I know what boys are like they treat you like you someone truly special one day then the next day its like you are made to feel worthless not worth their time trouble is the tongue has no muscles but it is still strong enough to break someone's heart you should not say things if you don't mean them because I might do something stupid and believe you

  3. M.... P....

    She was such an amazing talent. Peiductiin by Quincy Jones, made even better.

  4. E.... D....

    It takes 6 blokes to carry their mate in a coffin, it takes 1 woman to put him there. Thats the way girls are.

  5. S.... S....

    She was a cutie !!!

  6. P.... R....

    1960's cool. She was even on the TV show Batman.

  7. B.... S....

    adorable ❤

  8. D.... O....

    Trump 2020

  9. a.... m....

    It seems like this song was popular in April 1964 right after shes a fool in Oct 1963, then You don't own me in Jan 1964. I thought that this song even topped those 2 songs plus all those other songs in 1963. What is this great woman going to do next?! I think the British invasion curtailed this woman's great career.

  10. D.... O....

    My first crush

  11. B.... ....

    Wouldn't have worried Lesley. She preferred girls...

  12. C.... G....

    I'll keep asking...Why isn't this lady in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame?

  13. u.... n....

    Listen to this to lessen your anger to those disgusting dogs.

  14. D.... E....

    We lost her much to soon and young the late and great Lesley Gore this is one of here best records she ever made RIP.

  15. J.... C....

    I loved her!

  16. r.... ....

    She was fantastic!!!

  17. D.... E....

    We lost much to soon the late and great Lesley Gore right out of Tenefly New Jersey a great voice great song.

  18. W.... F....

    love this girl, mwah

  19. r.... ....

    Still great!!

  20. H.... D....

    ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS !

    H.... D....

    Leslie started making hits when she was a junior in high school. She was very popular with teenagers.

  21. R.... B....

    Oh, loved her so so much! Loved growing up when I did! Have lived through the 540,60,70, and until today! So much wonderful music!

  22. J.... I....

    Such a great talent from the best era of music ever 60s RIP Leslie

  23. H.... F....

    Lesley, RIP, one of the best female singers in the 60`s, She had the best songs, looks, and a wonderful personality, Her songs will never die, So glad I have many of songs on my Juke Box.

  24. r.... ....

    She was just great,,love this song

  25. A.... Z....

    Bruh.This song is sexist.But the beat is really catchy.😯

    A.... Z....

    Yeah Alli Zappa, sexist, sexist, sexist is the best thing that ever happened to you. You little tart.

  26. j.... s....

    who plays piano on this?

  27. J.... M....

    What a great class act

  28. m.... ....

    Nice, also excellent arrangement and session studio musicians, true professionals.

    m.... ....

    Leslie started making hits when she was a junior in high school. She was very popular with teenagers.

  29. b.... j....

    They used to have this in German by LG on utube.....whahappened?

  30. J.... M....

    Monk loves her

  31. D.... M....

    Just beautiful and powerful.😊😊😊

  32. a.... ....

    Such a great voice and talent: https://rizziallen.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/remembering-leslie/

  33. f.... d....

    She was everybody's sweetheart --- the greatest female pop singer of our generation--

  34. G.... J....

    All Leslie's records produced by Quincy Jones,did you all know that?

  35. D.... B....

    Great singer and song!

  36. J.... D....

    Loved Lesley. she was fabulous

  37. D.... E....

    We lost the late and great Leslie Gore much to soon this is one of her best.

  38. d.... W....

    my favorite LG song

  39. H.... F....

    She was a teen doll, what a powerful voice, a unique sound that many have tried to copy but Leslie is the queen of girl singers, RIP your music will never die.

  40. S.... S....

    ONE TWO THREE. Leslie's first, second and third favorite publicity photos. Right?

  41. M.... ....

    Super tune by Ms Lesley Gore from 1964, (Lesley Sue Goldstein - born 2nd May, 1946, New York City, New York, USA – died 16th February, 2015, New York City, New York, USA), brilliant sound, thank you for sharing & for keeping the music alive. I appreciate the effort you take to add these amazing tunes to YouTube.

  42. S.... G....

    The teenagers of today should learn much more from their parents and grandparents of how much fun they had when they were teenagers themselves not like today and so messed up now

  43. n.... r....

    Sampled

  44. J.... C....

    Everyone from the 50's and 60's can identify with this great voice... Leslie thanks for all the beautiful music

  45. C.... N....

    Yeah...that's guys for ya at any age...just try to consider the source, as males are less - evolved than women anyway...
    You can always try playing on the All - Girl team, like Lesley...it's trendy nowadays, and it's probably better than Hetero...
    (or so my friend's daughter tells me...she's BI...)

    C.... N....

    A good ole song Captain but updated. On a Bisexual built for two.

  46. W.... L....

    "That's the way boys are"? Then maybe you should date someone who's more mature. Leave them boys alone!

    W.... L....

    Stay away from the blacks!

  47. S.... M....

    This song so much better then today's c-rap music!

  48. J.... M....

    What a babe!!!!

  49. f.... d....

    in 2018 this song would cause a s**** storm ----

  50. t.... ....

    Omg Leslie deserved better guys

  51. N.... F....

    When she passed away three years ago, I had heard that she was a lesbian. Oh wow! I never knew that. Here was a woman who sung about girls dealing with their cheating boyfriends, and she was a lesbian. I never knew that.

  52. d.... ....

    Great song with super production. Anyone know if Hal Blaine is the drummer on this song?

  53. E.... K....

    I think it’s kind of funny she had an album called Boys, Boys, Boys.....and she was gay.

  54. S.... S....

    I was born in 59 but I just love this girls voice and why not she's timeless

  55. L.... M....

    ALWAYS LOVED HER........

  56. T.... C....

    Thanks. Leslie for beautiful memories RIP

  57. S.... S....

    She was a teenager when she was recording , now what are teenagers doing ? Boy have times changed, what's happening to our country and our youth ?

  58. S.... C....

    Lesley Gore was the best! I loved her music. The 60's were so much fun and the music was the best.

  59. C.... G....

    This song has closeted lesbian energy

  60. s.... ....

    I'm a boy and I can confim that's the way boys are. that's the way boys are.

  61. T.... ....

    Boys can be this way.... MEN can not.

  62. G.... M....

    Now I've found a woman that looks like a girl I was infatuated with in 1971 in Tucson, Cathy Blom, the same eyes, face and smile! Beautiful, and Leslie has talent, all in one!

  63. j.... P....

    That's the way men are too

  64. T.... P....

    good song

  65. B.... M....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  66. m.... ....

    Wow, outstanding session studio musicians, true professionals.

  67. D.... M....

    My favorite of all time ♡

  68. M.... M....

    The photo presented in the opening is a sine qua non example of the ONE picture in the high school yearbook that all the guys would drool over! Lesley Gore possessed one of the most seductively beautiful voices
    God ever created.
    The Divine Creator
    worked overtime
    designing her voice box and vocal chords. I
    always lamented
    that her her string
    of hit songs did
    not last longer.
    With a voice as
    glorious as hers,
    she could sing the
    phone book, and
    I think her best shot at success after she milked
    the female "tween
    angst" genre for
    all it was worth would have been
    to switch to country music.
    Quite a few great
    country songs
    were written in
    the 70's, enough
    to have kept her
    on top for at least
    another decade.
    At any rate, throw
    roses on the stage
    for one of the most talented and loveable vocalists
    of all time, and when she becomes eligible for the honor of
    appearing on a
    USA POSTAGE STAMP in a couple of years,
    SHE BETTER BE
    ON ONE!

  69. R.... G....

    Quincy Jones produced all of Lesley's hits... Q. is/was the best producer in any music genre.. Did the same for MJ and made an incredibly talented strange guy into a super-star with one album.

  70. T.... P....

    always liked that song.

  71. T.... ....

    You don't own me.... was a national theme song.

  72. J.... A....

    I am probably one of the few who still have this on a 45! How extra special it is. Also in my collection is "You Don't Own Me" which, has become a great song in the women's movement. I never realized how open minded I was to such things when I was a 13-year old boy. She just belted out everything from her heart and soul. Loved her style of music.

  73. G.... M....

    "Who the heck is Dwayne Boyzar?",  She keeps talkin'  bout in this song.....just kidding, always wanted to add this dumb note to this song....

  74. N.... J....

    Do you think she'll ever get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?  Dusty my other idol made it and Leslie is right there with her!

  75. G.... M....

    Hey , LG, glad you popped in...

  76. f.... d....

    you are listening to an icon -- a great woman--

  77. D.... m....

    What a great song!

  78. l.... g....

    This should have definitely been #1

  79. D.... F....

    Miss Leslie Queen of the 60's!

  80. S.... C....

    What a sweet girl. So sad of her passing

  81. S.... L....

    R.I.P you legend <3
    even tho I found about her Today now she's dear to my heart <3

  82. G.... M....

    ...this is one of my favorite songs of all times...

  83. B.... W....

    I love all her songs but the 63-68 were classics and terrific!

  84. d.... e....

    Great singer. GOD LOVE HER

  85. G.... M....

    Thank you jennifer sun....I've loved and wished I could have done more...............

  86. G.... M....

    have loved this song for more than 4 decades.  Still love it.  Gary.

  87. J.... K....

    She was so great. My favorite was "California Nights", but "Maybe I Know" is a close second!

  88. D.... B....

    This one is my all-time favorite by her. They played "It's My Party" and "Judy's Turn To Cry" so much they were running out of my ears! I got tired of them. But I never liked them as much as this one anyway. I could never get tired of it!

  89. P.... H....

    I love the way her records were produced.

    P.... H....

    Quincy Jones wasn't it?

  90. D.... M....

    My sister had the album with Lesley Gore's hits. I heard all the lyrics and gave the sentiments they expressed serious thought. For "That's the Way Boys Are," I reversed the lyrics, describing the same situation from the boy's point of view: "When we've had a fight, she thinks that she won't see me anymore./But before she knows it there I am standing at her door;/Well, she lets me kiss her then, /'Cause she knows I want her back again..." But when I do this I always cry hard. One reason is I never had a girlfriend. I'm 67 now. :'(

  91. B.... P....

    I put her in my top five of American female vocalists, and HOF is nothing if they ignore her.

  92. R.... g....

    Born in the 80's and still feel the same way.

  93. M.... C....

    She was very attractive, even as an older woman.

  94. G.... D....

    my second all time favorite song by her. Classic. she was the best. my teen princess. RIP.

    G.... D....

    So what's your #1 favorite all-time favorite song by LG? Just curious ! My top three include "Maybe I Know", "She's A Fool" and this track, for what its worth!!

    G.... D....

    +Egbert Souce Number one is She's a Fool.

    G.... D....

    California nights - It was quite a change from the classic "girl group" sounds she created as a brilliant soloist. Tough choice for me, though as my 9th grade girlfriend was a dead ringer for Lesley the way she appeared on Shindig doing "It's my Party"

    G.... D....

    Have to add "Look Of Love" to my list. Its a super sleeper, IMHO !!!

  95. A.... ....

    Lesley was so pretty! I was born in the wrong generation... I envy the people who got to experience Lesley, Johnny, June, Elvis, and Dion!

  96. J.... L....

    You want a powerful 60's pop song? I give you Lesley Gore produced by Quincy Jones. This was such a great, memorable song in its day. Born in NYC and raised in Tenafly, NJ !!! Gore scored many top of the charts hits & nowhere near the R&R Hall of Fame: "It's My Party," "Judy's Turn to Cry," "You Don't Own Me," "California Nights," "Brink of Disaster," & "That's The Way Boys Are" among many others. She was even nominated for an Academy Award in 1980. She was a little powerhouse of talent. Her last album, with a more Marianne Faithful-type voice contained the song "Better Angels," produced by Blake Morgan. The LP got great reviews and the song was used in "CSI Miami." Sad she could never follow up the album. Neil Sedaka said it best: "...a phenomenal talent."

    J.... L....

    John LaStrada--I'm assuming you meant she was never nominated for a Grammy Award?

    J.... L....

    John LaStrada HER NOT BEING IN THE HALL IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. SHE WAS THE DEFINITIVE FEMALE TEEN SINGER OF HER TIME. ROCK ON LESLEY!!!

    J.... L....

    I once came up with lyrics for this song, as a counterpart for a male singer, understanding the girl's feelings-- and almost brought myself to tears...

    J.... L....

    I agree my friend. It's apalling and a crime that she's not in the rock and roll hall of fame.

  97. c.... ....

    LOVE YOU LESLIE!! LOVE YOU for the great songs you did in my elementary school days!

  98. S.... M....

    r.i.p. lesley...

  99. B.... M....

    In Gods arms now ..Go in Peace ..& thanks for all your lovely sings ..God Bless

    B.... M....

    your god took her away , right ? That's a real shame.