ssshhhh, do you want to know a secret?   i can't wait to tell you   that i know something you don't know   i swore i'd tell nobody   but i've just got to let you know         (*)            cross your heart and hope to die    now hold your hands up nice and high   don't cross your fingers don't you lie   now let me look into your eyes so         (chorus)   can you keep a         secret   give your word you'll never tell   can you keep a secret   and promise that you'll never tell   can you keep a secret   can you keep a secret   i'll have to whisper softly   i don't want no one else to know   if i don't tell somebody   i feel like i just might explode         (repeat *)         (repeat chorus)         can you keep a secret (x3)   and promise that you'll never, promise   that you'll never         (repeat chorus to fade)