[Intro]
Oh, people let me tell you

[Verse 1]
No matter how far I travel
No matter how far I roam
There's no other girl in the whole wide world
Sweet as the girl I, I got at home

[Chorus]
Whoa, and I love that girl so, yeah
(Oh, I love that girl so)
I need that girl, children
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Let me tell you, I love that girl so
(Oh, I love that girl so)
And I call that girl Pearl (Pearl)
Sweetest girl in the world
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl, Pearl)

[Verse 2]
Sweet young thing (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Sweet sixteen (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Prize I can't afford to lose (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She's the only thing (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
That stands between (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Me and (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
The 12th Street Blues (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
Whoa, and I love that girl so, have mercy, I gotta
(Oh, I love that girl so)
I need that girl so
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I love that girl so, have mercy
(Oh, I love that girl so)
I'm talkin' 'bout Pearl (Pearl)
Sweetest girl in the world
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na

Oh baby, baby, ba—, baby, ba—, baby
(Oh, I love that girl so)
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Oh, I love that girl, oh
(Oh, I love that girl so)
Woohoo, woo, Pearl (Pearl)
Sweetest girl in the world
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)
They got, they got, they got, Lord, Lord, Lord, oh baby

[Harmonica solo]
[Refrain]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Oh, I love that girl, love that, love that girl
Love that girl, yeah (Oh, I love that girl so)
I need that girl so now
Have mercy I love her (Oh, I need that girl so)
Whoa, I love that girl Pearl (Oh, I love that girl so)
And I call that little girl Pearl, woohoo (Pearl)
Sweetest girl in the world, oh baby, yeah, yeah, baby
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)

[Outro]
Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la, baby, ba—, baby, yeah (Pearl)
Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, love that girl
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)