My mother told me just to look
Was the same as just to roam
I've been reading my Good Book
My eyes have bade destruction
Oh Lord, I needed a woman
Just to make me right
Ooh

So many people try to figure it out
So many folks gettin run around
Oh now wait a minute
I got a story for you

There was a time when love meant nothing
I was set in my own ways
I kept on moving from woman to woman
No one could know my fate

Oh Lord, I needed a woman
Just to make me right
Ooh

So many people try to figure it out
So many folks gettin run around
Oh now wait a minute
I got a story for you

There was no pill I didn't take
No law I didn't break
Give me your name and I'll get your number
No rock that I hid under

My mother told me son
Only foolish are drawn
Ooh

So many people try to figure it out
So many folks gettin run around
Oh now wait a minute
I see the light of day

Oh Mother
Please don't hate me
Oh the life of liberty
Put scars right through my feet
She said, "What's wrong?"
I said, "I am fine."
She said, "I pray for you
Every day, every night."