[Verse 1]
Woah-oh-oh, here I am (Here I am), on my knees again (Knees again)
I'll do anything (Anything), just to make it right (Make it right)
Say you'll understand (Understand), oh, I know you can (Know you can)
C'mon, Marianne

[Verse 2]
No matter what people say (People say), it didn't happen that way (Not that way)
It was a passing fling (Passing fling), and not a permanent thing (Permanent thing)
Say you'll understand (Understand), oh, I know you can (Know you can)

[Chorus]
C'mon, Marianne (Baby)
C'mon, Marianne (Baby)
C'mon, Marianne (Baby)
Say you can understand
My Marianne (Marianne, Marianne, Marianne)

[Outro]
The label was nuts for "Marianne"
But Gaudio and crew had written this other one just for me
A solo number
Put the president of the label isn't interested
Eh, I don't know, Bobby, it's too hard to be pop, too soft to be rock
You wanna get a hit song, it's like the Stations of the Cross
You gotta get past the record company, the program directors, the DJs
And if you're lucky, you get to the people