Lyrics by Rebecca Adams
© 1968 Upstate Wonderland Music
Originally performed by Sugar & Ames
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| Dime Store Candy was a favorite Sugar & Ames tune from their earliest shows. Even as the band's sound changed and their catalog of music grew, Dime Store Candy remained near the top of the S & A playlist. The bounciest and most upbeat of the S & A original songs, the almost bubblegum pop sound led audiences to frequently sing-along with the band from beginning to end. Rebecca Adams penned this song in mid-1968 after watching a young boy and girl giggling and sneaking candy from a local shop. The musical accompaniment was reworked by Gary Krajicek and Rebecca Adams over the band's Christmas 1968 hiatus and the result was the band's first big success. |
But doesn't mean a thing.
Hearts on paper, Jean loves Billy,
Kisses and a tin foil ring. That's how we are, light and breezy,
But nothing more between.
Say you love me, it's so easy,
Do you know what I mean? [Chorus]
You steal my love like dime store candy.
Grab a handful and run.
You steal my love like dime store candy.
And think that it's all in fun. I've been waiting, oh so long dear,
For you to come around.
I can hear it, when you come near,
That heart-beatin sound. If you hear it, please think of me,
I don't want to play.
Games like you do, where you love me,
Then you run away. [Chorus x 2] One of these days,
You're gonna get caught,
For all that loving you should have bought. Don't steal my love like dime store candy.
Grab a handful and run.
Don't steal my love like dime store candy.
Cause it's not all in fun. It's not all in fun...
It's not all in fun...
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