i always dreamed the boy i loved would come along and he d be tall and handsome rich and strong now that boy i love has come to me but he sure ain t the way i thought he d be he doesn t look like a movie star he doesn t drive a cadillac car he sure ain t the boy i ve been dreamin of but he s sure the boy i love let me tell ya now he ll never be a big business man he always buys on the installment plan he sure ain t the boy i ve been dreamin of but he s sure the boy i love when he holds me tight everythings right crazy as it seems i m his whatever he is and i forget all of my dreams and everybody knows that he doesn t hang diamonds round my neck and all he s got s an unemployment check he sure ain t the boy i ve been dreamin of but he s sure the boy i love