Beg Borrow and Steal

Album: Beg Borrow and Steal (1967)
Charted: 29
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  • You threw me out the night before last
    And now you want me back in your arms again
    You think I'm a fool, you treat me like dirt
    You pull the string and hope I will be your friend

    But I know what's on your mind
    So I'd rather stay out in the street without a dime

    And I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Yeah

    How long did you think I'd hang around
    Pretending not to see the tricks you pulled on me?
    There's only so much a man can take
    Before his life turns into a tragedy

    So I'm gettin' out now while I can
    'Cause I don't want to crawl, I want to walk out like a man

    And I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Than go back to you (Go back to you)
    Yeah

    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal)
    I'd rather beg, borrow and steal (Beg, borrow and steal) Writer/s: Joseph Di Francesco, Louis Zerato
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Grip Edwards from MarsBarry is wrong on one thing:
    The Hughes/Thrall song "Beg Borrow Steal" is in title only. The are two completely different songs.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 28th 1969 The Ohio Express performed "Mercy" on the ABC-TV afternoon weekday program 'American Bandstand'...
    "Mercy" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart on March 23rd, 1969 at position #77; five weeks later on April 27th it peaked at #30 {for 1 week} and it spent 8 weeks on the chart...
    Between 1967 and 1969 the Mansfield, Ohio quintet had nine Top 100 records; one made the Top 10, "Yummy Yummy Yummy", it peaked at #4 in 1968...
    Their next biggest hit was "Chewy Chewy", it reached #15, also in 1968.

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 1st 1967, "Beg, Borrow, and Steal" by the Ohio Express entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #96; and on November 26th, 1967 it peaked at #29 {for 2 weeks} and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #27 in Canada...
    Between October 1967 and September 1969 the 'many different members' group had nine Top 100 records; with one reaching the Top 10, "Yummy Yummy Yummy", it peaked at #4 {for 3 weeks} on June 9th, 1968.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyIn 1983 the duo of Hughes/Thrall released a record titled "Beg, Borrow, or Steal", it peaked at #79 and in 1972 The New Seekers released "Beg, Steal or Borrow", it reached #81!!!
  • Ted from Phoenix, AzAs Larry Neal, the former host of the 1990's forgotten oldies show on KOMA in Oklahoma City, The Wax Museum, once said: "This group begged, borrowed and stole this song from "Louie, Louie," by the Kingsmen."
  • John from Cincinnati, OhThe bass is out of tune with the rest of the instruments on this recoed.
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