My true confession- artist: brook benton as sung on andquot;the satin sound brook bentonandquot;- suffolk marketing-smi 2- peak billboard position # 22 in 1963- words and music by sam coslow and frederick hollander(dah, dah) (dah, dah)dear mr. editor, wontcha pleaseprint my story in your magazine?warn all the lovers how a cheating heartcan only end up in miseryi was a lyinand', cheating fooltreated her so cruelbroke her heart and made her crybroke every rule and thatand's my(true confession) she can read the story(read it in your magazine) thatand's my true confession(true confession) and iand'm sorry(sorry that i treated her so mean, oh oh, sorry that i treated her mean)i would call her up and apologizeif i was half the man i should bebut iand'm afraid itand's too late for thatand'cause i know she wouldnand't listen to mei was a lyinand', cheating fooltreated her so cruelbroke her heart and made her crybroke every rule and thatand's mytrue confession, she can read the story(read it in your magazine) a-thatand's my true confession(true confession) let her know that iand'm(sorry that i treated her so mean, oh oh, sorry that i treated her mean)i know her love was truebut i made her cry time after timeuntil one day she couldnand't take it no moreshe said goodbye to me and walked straight out the door, soplease mr. editor, ask her for meto take me back and give me a tryand iand'll be true, oh, so trueand iand'll love her till the day i dieand thatand's my (true confession), she buys your magazine(read it in your magazine) print the story, itand's my(true confession) fadeand iand'm sorrytranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
