Looking For an Echo

At Erasmus Hall High School, we used to harmonize

Me and Benny and Ira and two Italian guys

We were singing oldies, but they were newies then

And today when I play my own 45s, I remember when

We'd practice in a subway, in a lobby or a hall

Crowded in a doorway, singing doo wops to the wall

And if we went to a party, and they wouldn't let us sing

We'd lock ourselves in the bathroom, and nobody could get in

'Cause we were looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony

A place we almost found

And the girls would gather 'round us, and our heads would really swell

We'd sing songs by the Moonglows, the Harptones, and the Dells

And when we sang sincerely, we really sang it high

Even though it was falsetto, we almost reached the sky

We've sung a lot of changes since 1955

And a lot of bad arrangements we've tried to harmonize

Now we've turned into oldies, but we were newies then

And today when I play my own 45's, I remember when

We were looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony

A place we almost

Looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony. A place we almost

Looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony, a place we almost

We were looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony, a place we almost

Looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony, a place we almost

We were looking for an echo, an answer to our sound

A place to be in harmony, a place