Wooden Spoon
Joe Tex
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Say hey I was born, y'all With a wooden spoon in my mouth Oh, I was born-born With a wooden spoon in my mouth, yes I was And the only silver spoon I ever saw, y'all Was in a Sears and a-Roebuck catalog Oh yes it was Mama took in washin' To make money to feed our face But daddy took the money To buy himself a little taste, ha ha Used to say "Son You know dad's got to have his taste Know daddy's got to have his taste Daddy's got to have his little taste Daddy's got to have his little taste Daddy's got to have his little taste", ha And he got it too, ha! It's hard, y'all, come on Say hey I was born With a wooden spoon in my mouth Oh, I was born-born-born-born-born With a wooden spoon in my mouth, yeah And the only silver spoon I evеr saw, y'all Was in a Sears and a-Roebuck catalog Yes it was As I think back on my school days Goin' in lockеrs takin' lunches Didn't have money to buy my own I took sandwiches by the bunches, ha ha! One day Mrs william come Made me write it on the Blackboard five hundred time "I will not take nobody's lunch" "Will not take nobody's lunch" "I'll never take another lunch" "I'll never take another lunch", ha ha! And I didn't, not for a long time, heh heh Yeah, a hard time, y'all Born with a wooden spoon in my mouth Yeah, I came up the hard way Not the highway, ha ha! Yeah, but I think this is gonna be the year For underpriviledged children, alright Yeah, woo, y'all shucks, woo
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