“Rosemarie”

Rosemarie
What’s your faith?
Can’t you see straight
Straight into

Rosemarie
Now why don’t you quit?
Why did he
Why did he split?

Have you ever asked yourself
Or didn’t your eyes just pass yourself
Oh Rosemarie, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, think!

Rosemarie
Gotta hold on
Where has he, where has he gone
Gone, gone to?

Rosemarie
Spin, spin your top
Rosemarie
What’s the key? Stop!

All your friends and dreams are dead
It’s time for you to lose your head
Oh, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, think!

Rosemarie
You’ve gotta keep on holdin’ on
Listen to me, Rosemarie
Where has he gone, gone, gone to?

Da da-da, da-da da-da da-da, da da-da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da…

All your friends and dreams are dead
It’s time for you to lose your head
Oh, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, Rosemarie, think!

Rosemarie, Rosemarie
Why don’t cha, don’t cha quit?
You keep on, you keep on hangin’, hangin’ on
But he’s gone, but he’s gone, but he’s gone
You keep, you keep hangin’ on
You’ve gotta spin, spin your top
You’ve gotta, you’ve gotta spin, spin your top
Tell me when
You’ve got to use, use your head
Rosemarie, think!


  1. The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the ’60s TV Pop Sensation (2005), Andrew Sandoval, p. 298.
  2. Missing Links Volume 1 (1988) (CD).