Had a friend, Louie Brown, he was a deacon,
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Just as wise as he could be.
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Now I realize he could read the Good Book
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Back from Revelations down to Genessee.
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You know last Sunday morning we was over to the church,
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My buddy wants to take him a stand,
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And he looks out upon that whole congregation
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The Good Book in his hand.
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Now he cast his eye about, and then he looks over in the Amen Corner;
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All the sisters commenced to shout. [What'd he say ?]
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He said a man's a fool to think that his wife love nobody else but him.
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She stick by you all your life, the chances is mighty slim.
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Now you read the Good Book, chapter twenty-one:
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Every married woman got to have a little fun.
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Read on over chapter twenty-two:
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It's a sin to let that woman make a fool outta you.
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Now you read a little further, chapter twenty-three:
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She two-time you, brother, like she double-crossed me.
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Read on back, over chapter ten:
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She shimmy one time, she like to wobble again.
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'Cause a man's a fool to think that his wife
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Love nobody else but him, I mean, love nobody else but him.
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Well, a man's a fool to think that his wife
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Love nobody else but him.
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She stand by you all of your life, the chances is mighty slim.
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Now you read on over twenty-fifth page:
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Married woman's loyalty is hard to engage.
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Read kinda careful, chapter twenty-six:
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Back door slamming, you got to run and get it fixed.
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Read on out, chapter twenty-eight:
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Who's that back slidin' out through your back gate?
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I believe I'll close on chapter twenty-nine:
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Woman get tired of the same man all the time.
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'Cause a man's a fool to think that his wife love nobody else but him.
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MARRIED MAN'S A FOOL
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Ry Cooder |