Sunshine Girl The Parade - written by Jerry Riopelle, Murray MacLeod and Smokey Roberds - as recorded by The Parade (a Los Angeles pop-rock trio led by Jerry Riopelle, and including Murray MacLeod and Smokey Roberds) - entered the Billboard Top-40 the week of May 6, 1967 and stayed for 5 weeks, peaking at #20 - covered by Herman's Hermits (#101) in 1968.
Finally made contact She touched my soul and I Felt the full impact And the night stood still
Then I kissed her eyes with mine As she knelt before me Poured the wine And told me her story We lit a fire and watched it grow higher
Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me (Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me) Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me (Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me) Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me every night It's so perfect
Magic all around, like I never felt before And the only sound was the cracklin' fire
Then all at once the day was melting the night-time Shades of dawn burst into sunshine I took her hand and ran through the mornin'
Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me (Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me) Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me (Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me) Sunshine girl, won't you stay with me every night It's so perfect
We watched the day melting the night-time Shades of dawn burst into sunshine I took her hand and ran through the morning
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