Smokie - Needles and Pins 1977 (Originals by Jackie DeShannon/US and The Searchers/UK 1963) I saw her today, I saw her face, It was a face I loved, and I knew, I had to run away, And get down on my knees and pray That they'd go away, And still they begin, Needles and pins, Because of all my pride, The tears I gotta hide. Oh, I thought I was smart, I'd won a heart, Didn't think I do, But now you see, She's worse to him and me, Let her go ahead, And take this love instead, And one day she will ...