[ti:A Lover Was Born]
[ar:Lee Dorsey]
[al:The Essential Lee Dorsey]
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[00:00.00]A Lover Was Born - Lee Dorsey
[00:10.47]When Mom and Papa first laid eyes
[00:12.86]On me right from the start
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[00:15.62]They knew right away a lover was born
[00:17.93]I'd be breakin' lovers' hearts
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[00:20.37](Breakin' lovers' hearts)
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[00:26.13]At a very early age yeah I began to show sign
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[00:30.71]That a stone cold lover was born
[00:33.20]Lord I'm gonna let it shine yeah
[00:36.06](I'm gonna let it shine yeah)
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[00:41.21]Girl if I can't love you
[00:42.96]
[00:46.13]A reel can make gumbo
[00:47.89]
[00:48.67]A drunken man don't stumble
[00:50.47]
[00:51.14]A seein'-eye dog can learn to lead the blind
[00:54.51]
[00:56.30]A bee don't deal in honey
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[00:58.79]The Beatles ain't got no money
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[01:01.36]And watermelons grow on a grapevine
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[01:06.59]One day my papa told me
[01:08.36]Son sit down I gotta talk to you
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[01:11.38]Said don't believe I can understand
[01:14.14]I've been through the same thing two times
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[01:19.44]Said you think you're pretty hot stuff
[01:21.83]And you dig every girl you see
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[01:24.46]But listen son settle for one
[01:26.94]It'll save a lotta misery in the long runs
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[01:32.33]That don't get it sonny
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[01:37.24]There ain't no corpse in the dawn
[01:39.23]
[01:39.97]There ain't no birds in a home
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[01:42.45]And you can get black from a turnip
[01:44.96]Squeeze and squeeze
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[01:47.70]Tears don't go with the blues
[01:49.27]
[01:50.17]Chicken wear high-heeled shoes
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[01:52.75]And Old McDonald's farm didn't have no trees
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[02:05.73]I'm gonna take my papa's advice
[02:08.10]Though it's gonna be hard to do
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[02:10.77]I'm gonna stop tryin' to prove a point
[02:13.31]I'm gonna give myself to you girl
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[02:18.77]If I fear you baby
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[02:23.84]Ain't no leaps in a frog
[02:25.44]
[02:26.34]There ain't no bumps on a log
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[02:28.85]And you can get black from a turnip
[02:31.39]Squeeze and squeeze
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[02:34.00]A new cow don't give milk
[02:35.66]
[02:36.57]A egg don't got no yolk
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[02:39.10]And I'd pull side of pole right out of tree yeah
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[02:49.15]Baby