The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (Official Lyrics Video)

You’re watching the official lyrics video for the Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup. Released in 1968, this singalong evergreen favourite was a global smash hit making number 3 in the USA, number 2 in the UK and number 1 in Australia and Canada. The song reached a whole new generation of fans 3 decades later when it was featured in closing credits of the 1998 movie “There’s Something About Mary“. It has also been covered by artists as diverse as Yo La Tengo, Busted/McFly. Frank Turner and David Johansen of the New York Dolls. Buy or stream: Build Me Up Buttercup: The Best Of The Foundations: Lyrics Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around? And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’ You know that I have from the start So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don’t break my heart “I’ll be over at ten, “ you told me time and again But you’re late, I wait around and then (bah dah dah) I went to the door, I can’t take any more It’s not you, you let me down again baby, baby, try to find (Hey, hey, hey) a little time and I’ll make you mine (Hey, hey, hey) I’ll be home I’ll be beside the phone waiting for you Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around? And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’ You know that I have from the start So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don’t break my heart You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore If you’d just let me know (bah dah dah) Although you’re untrue, I’m attracted to you all the more Why do I need you so? baby, baby, try to find (Hey, hey, hey) a little time and I’ll make you mine (Hey, hey, hey) I’ll be home I’ll be beside the phone waiting for you Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around? And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’ You know that I have from the start So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don’t break my heart I, I, I need you more than anyone, baby You know that I have from the start So build me up (build me up) buttercup Songwriters: Tony Macauley / Mike D’Abo #TheFoundations #BuildMeUpButtercup #TheresSomethingAboutMary