Lee Dorsey - A Lover Was Born lyrics

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When Mom and Papa first laid eyes<br />

On me right from the start<br />

They knew right away a lover was born<br />

I'd be breakin' lovers' hearts<br />

(Breakin' lovers' hearts)<br />

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At a very early age, yeah, I began to show sign<br />

That a stone cold lover was born<br />

Lord, I'm gonna let it shine, yeah<br />

(I'm gonna let it shine, yeah)<br />

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Girl, if I can't love you<br />

A reel can make gumbo<br />

A drunken man don't stumble<br />

A seein'-eye dog can learn to lead the blind<br />

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A bee don't deal in honey<br />

The Beatles ain't got no money<br />

And watermelons grow on a grapevine<br />

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One day my papa told me<br />

“Son, sit down, I gotta talk to you<br />

Said, don't believe I can't understand<br />

I've been through the same thing too”<br />

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Said, “You think you're pretty hot stuff<br />

And you dig every girl you see<br />

But listen, son, settle for one<br />

It'll save a lotta misery in the long run”<br />

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If that don't get it, sonny<br />

There ain't no corpse in the dawn<br />

There ain't no birds in a home<br />

And you can get black from a turnip<br />

If you squeeze and squeeze<br />

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Tears don't go with the blues<br />

Chicken wear high-heeled shoes<br />

And Old McDonald's farm didn't have no trees<br />

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I'm gonna take my papa's advice<br />

Though it's gonna be hard to do<br />

I'm gonna stop tryin' to prove a point<br />

I'm gonna give myself to you, girl<br />

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If I fear you, baby<br />

Ain't no leaps in a frog<br />

There ain't no bumps on a log<br />

And you can get black from a turnip<br />

If you squeeze and squeeze<br />

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A new cow don't give milk<br />

A egg don't got no yolk<br />

And I'd pull side of pole right out of tree, yeah<br />

Baby