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Thread #167031   Message #4023461
Posted By: Joe Offer
13-Dec-19 - 01:57 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Dylan's 'Cupid'
Subject: ADDPOP Cupid (Sam Cooke)
There's a Wikipedia page on "Cupid." It was written by Sam Cooke, and his recording was released in 1961.

Here are the Sam Cooke lyrics:

CUPID
(Sam Cooke, 1961)

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix

So, cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Nobody but me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now, cupid if your arrow make a love storm for me
I promise I will love her until eternity
I know between the two of us her heart we can steal
Help me if you will

So, cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Nobody but me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now, cupid, don't you hear me
Calling you, I need ya
Cupid help me, I need ya
Cupid, don't fail me

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Sam Cooke
Cupid lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc

Sam Cooke recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28tILqie1o