We've played the game of stay away But it cost more than I can pay Without you, I can't make my way I surrender, dear I may seem proud, I may act gay It's just a pose, I'm not that way 'Cause deep within my heart I say I surrender, dear Little mean things we were doing Must have been part of the game Lending a spice to the wooing I don't care who's to blame When stars appear and shadows fall That's when you'll hear my poor heart call To you, my life, my love, my all I surrender, dear ♪ Little mean things that we were doing It must have been part of the game Lending a spice to the wooing But I don't care who's to blame When stars appear and shadows fall That's when you'll hear my poor heart call To you, my life, my love, and my all You know I surrender everything to you My life, my all life surrender, dear