"I Can Cry if I Want To" Prologue

IT'S MY PARTY

By: Lesley Gore

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to,

Cry if I want to, cry if I want to.

You would cry too if it happened to you.

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone

But Judy left the same time

Why was he holding her hand,

When he's supposed to be mine?

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to,

Cry if I want to, cry if I want to.

You would cry too if it happened to you.

Play all my records, keep dancin' all night,

But leave me alone for a while.

'Till Johnny's dancin' with me,

I've got no reason to smile.

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to,

Cry if I want to, cry if I want to.

You would cry too if it happened to you.

Judy and Johnny just walked through the door

Like a queen with her king.

Oh what a birthday surprise,

Judy's wearin' his ring.

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to,

Cry if I want to, cry if I want to.

You would cry too if it happened to you.