(Otis Blackwell/Eddie Cooley)

Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care.
When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that's so hard to bear.
Listen to me, baby, hear every word I say.
No one can love you the way I do
'Cause they don't know how to love you my way.

You give me fever when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight.
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.

Sun lights up the daytime and moon lights up the night.
My eyes light up when you call my name
'Cause I know you're going to treat me right.

You give me fever when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight.
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.
Everybody's got the fever, that is something you should know.
Fever isn't such a new scene, fever started long ago.
You give me fever, you give me fever...
You give me fever, you give me fever...

Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same.
When he put his arms around her, he said "Julie baby, you're my flame".
He gave her fever.
Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair.
When her daddy tried to kill him, she said "Daddy, oh, don't you dare?

He gives me fever with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight.
Fever, I'm his missus and Daddy, won't you treat him right?"
Fever when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn.
Fever till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn.
What a lovely way to burn, what a lovely way to burn.