[Verse 1]
Down by the boathouse at Shaker Lake
When there wasn't nothing but love to make
They were two young lovers wishing on the stars above
Well, they carved their initials in an old birch tree
With a heart and an arrow and a sixty-three
You had to be blind not to see

[Refrain]
It was a perfect love
It was a perfect love
Ooh yeah yeah

[Verse 2]
Well, they worked one summer together at the '64 World's Fair
They met Robert Kennedy there
Well, that was right before the fall
And they saved up a little money for his career
And they talked about the future underneath the giant sphere
And all around them the little voices were singing
"It's a small world after all"
Yes it is—small world after all
And it was—
Perfect love
It was a perfect love
(Under the moon and the stars above)
Ooh yeah yeah
(It was a perfect love)
[Bridge]
Now they were dizzy from dancing on Rockaway Beach
They came to Rockaway
Yeah and everything they dreamed of was still within reach
Dreaming...

[Verse 3]
Dreaming as the years roll by
(Like they always do)
Well, they had their share of hard times too
But whatever they were
They never let it get them down
Now, they just go walking down a country lane
See the leaves are changing in the misty rain
And only one thing remains the same—
Whoa, ooh yeah yeah

[Refrain]
Just the perfect love
Under the moon and the stars above
(Ooh yeah yeah)
It was a perfect love
(Keep talking 'bout) the perfect love
Perfect love
Oh, yeah, yeah
(People keep talking)
[Outro]
Oh yeah, yeah yeah yeah
(People keep talking 'bout the perfect love)
Dizzy from dancing
Under the moon and the stars above
It was a (People keep talking) perfect love
Yeah, well well well well well well
Under the moon and the stars above
(People keep talking)
(People keep talking 'bout the perfect love)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
(People keep talking)
Oh yeah