A Lover Was Born Lyrics - Lee Dorsey

When Mom and Papa first laid eyes 

On me right from the start 

They knew right away a lover was born 

I'd be breakin' lovers' hearts 

(Breakin' lovers' hearts) 

At a very early age, yeah, I began to show sign 

That a stone cold lover was born 

Lord, I'm gonna let it shine, yeah 

(I'm gonna let it shine, yeah) 

Girl, if I can't love you 

A reel can make gumbo 

A drunken man don't stumble 

A seein'-eye dog can learn to lead the blind 

A bee don't deal in honey 

The Beatles ain't got no money 

And watermelons grow on a grapevine 

One day my papa told me 

'Son, sit down, I gotta talk to you 

Said, don't believe I can't understand 

I've been through the same thing too? 

Said, ?You think you're pretty hot stuff 

And you dig every girl you see 

But listen, son, settle for one 

It'll save a lotta misery in the long run? 

If that don't get it, sonny 

There ain't no corpse in the dawn 

There ain't no birds in a home 

And you can get black from a turnip 

If you squeeze and squeeze 

Tears don't go with the blues 

Chicken wear high-heeled shoes 

And Old McDonald's farm didn't have no trees 

I'm gonna take my papa's advice 

Though it's gonna be hard to do 

I'm gonna stop tryin' to prove a point 

I'm gonna give myself to you, girl 

If I fear you, baby 

Ain't no leaps in a frog 

There ain't no bumps on a log 

And you can get black from a turnip 

If you squeeze and squeeze 

A new cow don't give milk 

A egg don't got no yolk 

And I'd pull side of pole right out of tree, yeah 

Baby