They should have given you the oscar- artist: james darren as sung on "the best of james darren"-rhino records r2 71664-did not chart on billboard (so why does this transcriber recall it? we're talking -really obscure here!!)-words and music by gerry goffin and carole king<intro is half spoken-half-sung>i'd like to contest the awards given out by the academy'cause i know of a great performance that the judges didn't seethey should have given you the oscarfor the way you went and broke my heartthere's no name that you could mentionwho'd have done quite as much with a partand just for the way you said you loved meand the way you made each lie sound sincereoh, they should have given you the oscarfor the best performance of the yearif the critics could have seenyour acting on the screeni'm sure they would have cried as much as iyou knew your lines so wellhow was i supposed to tellthat all along you loved another guy?they should have given you the oscarfor the scene where you promised to be trueevery word was so convincingany audience would fall in love with youand just for the way you said you loved meand the way you made each lie sound sincereoh, they should have given you the oscarfor the best performance of the yearyeah they should have given you the oscarfor the best performance of the yearfadeyeah they should have given you the oscarfor the best performance of the yeartranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.