Ed Bruce The Man Who Turned My Mama On Lyrics

The Man Who Turned My Mama On Lyrics

Words & Music by Ed Bruce











I wish I'd known the man a little better



That turned my mama on



He must have been a heck of a man



'Cause mama was a lady, don't you know







Mama was no prude, but she was proper



Never wore her dress too short



She didn't care if I did, but she'd have never taken a drink



Grandma Kate did the best she could to see mama grew up right



So she'd be fittin' one day for courtin'



And to wear some gentleman's ring







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I wish I'd known the man a little better



That turned my mama on



They say he was always laughing and sang a right nice song



I wish I'd known the man a little better



That turned my mama on



He must have been a heck of a man



'Cause mama was a lady, don't you know







I hear he came to town one day in a rusty old '49 Ford



Selling ladies shoes and assorted greeting cards



He was killin' good-lookin' and easy to like



And turnin' all the ladies heads



But he saw mama first and you've heard stories



'Bout how some of them travelin' men are







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Mama seemed to forget the things that Grandma Kate had always told her



She ran away one night with that travelin' man



hey bought gas at Reba's truck stop and drove to DeSoto County



But he brought her home next day, a lady, with a ring upon her hand







Mama told me how the fever took him when I was barely five



But I can remember him pitchin' me up and catchin' me



And I love to sit and listen to her tell me about my Daddy



She says he thought the sun must surely rise and set in me







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