Looking for an Echo

At daydream junior high school, we used to harmonize

Me and Frankie and Jimmy and some Italian guy

We were singing oldies but they were newies then

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

We practiced 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 moon glows, the harp tones in 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 they've turned into oldies but they were newies then

And today when I play my old 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 found

Ooh

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

A place to be in harmony, a place we almost found

Ooh, found (We were looking for an echo)

Ooh, found, ooh

Found, ooh