I was working part time in a five-and-dime My boss was Mr. McGee He told me several times that he didn't like my kind Cause I was a bit too leisurely Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing But different than the day before That's when I saw her, Ooh, I saw her She walked in through the out door, out door She wore a... Raspberry beret The kind you find in a second hand store Raspberry beret And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more Raspberry beret I think I love her Built like she was She had the nerve to ask me If I planned to do her any harm So, look here I put her on the back of my bike And-a we went riding Down by old man Johnson's farm I said now, overcast days never turned me on But something about the clouds And her mixed She wasn't too bright But I could tell when she kissed me She knew how to get her kicks She wore a... Raspberry beret The kind you find in a second hand store Raspberry beret And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more Raspberry beret I think I love her The rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof And the horses wonder who you are Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees You feel like a movie star Listen, they say the first time ain't the greatest But I tell you, if I had the chance to do it all again I wouldn't change a stroke Cause baby I'm the most With a girl as fine as she was then