Bend Me Shape Me - American Breed, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Bend Me Shape Me (American Breed, The, 1967). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-03-18 "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Bend Me Shape Me," written by Scott English and Larry Weiss, was The American Breed's only top 10 hit rising to no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967 (Whitburn, 2013). Larry Weiss later penned the song "Rhinestone Cowboy," which became a hit for Glen Campbell (songfacts, 2023); and Scott English co-wrote the song "Brandy," which was Barry Manilow's first hit single, although Manilow changed the title to "Mandy" so as not to be confused with the song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by the Looking Glass (songfacts, 2023).

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Lyrics:

You are all the woman I need,
And baby you know it
You can make this beggar a king,
A clown, or a poet

I'll give you all that I own.
You got me standing in line
Out in the cold,
Pay me some mind.

Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
Long as you love me, it's all right
Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
You got the power to turn on the light.

Everybody tells me I'm wrong
To want you so badly,
But there's a force driving me on,
I follow it gladly.

So let them laugh I don't care,
'Cause I got nothing to hide,
All that I want is you by my side

Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
Long as you love me, it's all right
Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
You got the power to turn on the light.