It Was I Skip and Flip Written by Gary Paxton Songwriter Gary "Flip" Paxton and Clyde "Skip" Battin's first and biggest charted single. This recording was originally an outtake from a session they had originally recorded as "Clyde and Gary" back in their native Phoenix. Paxton later was the lead singer for the Hollywood Argyles on their "Alley-Oop." Peaked at # 11 in 1959 Intro: "singing" the song's tune with "Na"s like "Na-na-na na na na na" You're tellin' everybody I'm the one To blame for all the wrong that you have done The day that you walked out and left, didn't say goodbye Who was home alone to sit and cry? It was I, it was I-I-I-I-I I gave you all the love I ever had The only things I got from you were bad The times you didn't show up, the times you didn't call Who was left alone through it all? It was I, it was I-I-I-I-I My love was always yours to treasure and to hold But when you let a love grow idle it will soon grow cold Temptation is too strong to hide, are you really satisfied With my love the way it is? Let me tell you how it is Please come back and try to start anew I know that it's the proper thing to do Darling, if we make up I know we'll never break up Then I know it's only me and you-ou-ou-ou Me and you-ou-ou-ou-ou (Fade out singing "Na-na-na" to the tune) TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Despite repeated listening, I could never quite figure what the two syllables are at * *.