i'm gonna buy a paper doll that i can call my own
i doll that other fellows cannot steal
and then the flirty-flirty guys
with their flirty-flirty eyes
will have to flirt with dollies that are real
 
when [bad word] home at night she will be waiting
she'll be the [bad word] doll in all this world
i'd rather have a paper doll to call my own
then have a fickle-minded, real, live girl
 
i guess i had a million dolls or more
i guess i played the doll game o'er and o'er
i just quarreled with Sue
that's why i'm blue
she's gone away and left me 
just like all dolls do
 
i'll tell you, boys, it's tough to be alone
and it's tough to love a doll that's not your own
i'm through with all of them
i'll never fall again
say, boy, whatcha gonna do?