I know this song!
Number one hit for the week of September 24, 1966 – October 14, 1966 – The Association – Cherish
Written by Terry Kirkman and recorded by The Association the song was released in 1966, and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September of that year remaining in the top position for three weeks.
Billboard ranked the record as the No. 2 song of 1966. In Canada, the song also reached number one. In the UK it was for the weeks September 18 – October 22 1966 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums
Lyrics
Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have
Hiding here for you inside
You don’t know how many times
I’ve wished that I had told you
You don’t know how many times
I’ve wished that I could hold you
You don’t know how many times
I’ve wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
Perish is the word that more than applies
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
That I am not gonna be the one
To share your dreams
That I am not gonna be the one
To share your schemes
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
Seems to be the life that you could
Cherish as much as I do yours
Oh, I’m beginning to think that man has never found
The words that could make you want me
That have the right amount of letters
Just the right sound
That could make you hear, make you see
That you are drivin’ me out of my mind
Oh, I could say I need you
But then you’d realize
That I want you
Just like a thousand other guys
Who’d say they loved you
Like all the rest of their lies
When all they wanted
Was to touch your face your hands
And gaze into your eyes
Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling
That I have hiding here for you inside
You don’t know how many times
I’ve wished that I had told you
You don’t know how many times
I’ve wished that I could hold you
You don’t know how many times
I’ve wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
And I do
Cherish you
And I do
Cherish you
Cherish is the word
Written by Terry Kirkman • Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC