Lyrics The Man That Turned My Mama On.lrc Tanya Tucker
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[ar: Tanya Tucker]
[al: The Upper 48 Hits: 1972-1997]
[ti: The Man That Turned My Mama On]
[length: 02:56]
[00:12.17]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[00:13.23]That turned my mama on
[00:14.16]He must have been a heck of a man
[00:15.06]’Cause mama was a lady don’t you know
[00:15.81]Mama was no prude but she was proper
[00:18.19]Never wore her dress too short
[00:21.03]She didn’t care if you did
[00:22.42]But she’d have never taken a drink
[00:26.97]Grandma Kate did the best she could
[00:29.12]To see mama grew up right
[00:31.13]So she’d be fittin’ one day for courtin’
[00:34.14]And to wear some gentleman’s ring
[00:38.73]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[00:41.19]That turned my mama on
[00:43.39]He was always laughing
[00:44.99]And singing the right sweet song
[00:49.16]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[00:51.06]The turned my mama on
[00:53.53]He must have been a heck of a man
[00:55.54]’Cause mama was a lady don’t you know
[00:59.64]I hear he came to town one day
[01:02.32]In a rusty old ’49 Ford
[01:05.07]Selling lady’s shoes and assorted greeting cards
[01:10.58]He was killing good looking
[01:12.20]And easy to like
[01:13.24]And turning all the ladies’ heads
[01:15.90]But he saw mama first
[01:17.07]And Lord knows how some of them travelin men are
[01:22.76]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[01:25.17]That turned my mama on
[01:27.37]He was always laughing
[01:29.13]And singing the right sweet song
[01:33.10]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[01:35.63]The turned my mama on
[01:37.40]He must have been a heck of a man
[01:39.32]’Cause mama was a lady don’t you know
[01:43.43]Mama seemed to forget the things
[01:45.14]That Grandma Kate had always told her
[01:48.94]She ran away one night with a traveling man
[01:54.21]They bought gas at Rita’s truck stop
[01:56.66]And drove to Dasota County
[01:59.48]But he brought her home with a ring upon her hand
[02:04.66]Mama’s told me how the fever took him
[02:07.59]When I was barely 5
[02:10.17]But I remember him pitchin’ me up
[02:12.05]And catchin’ me
[02:14.98]And I love to sit and listen to her
[02:17.74]Tell me about my daddy
[02:20.62]She says he thought the sun would surely
[02:23.32]Rise and set in me
[02:26.08]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[02:30.07]That turned my mama on
[02:32.25]He must have been a heck of a man
[02:33.96]’cause mama was a lady don’t you know
[02:38.05]I wish I’d known the man a little better
[02:40.64]The turned my mama on
[02:42.30]He must have been a heck of a man
[02:44.46]’Cause mama was a lady don’t you know
[02:49.21]Year of Release: 1973