Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover Songtext

von Corey Smith

[Intro]
This is another song…its not on any of my records or anything but I've been playing it at live shows for awhile. I wrote it to try and teach an important moral lesson about promiscuous sex. It's called uh…uh You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover. Listen carefully and you might learn something tonight.

[Verse 1]
He was 24, she was just 16. He met her out at a club, took her home and they got down if you know what I mean. Yeah she was lying about her age and he didn't have a clue she was just in the 10th grade. Not until the cops took him away.
[Chorus]
Oh but you can't judge a book by the cover. You better watch yourself and read between the lines. You better look look before you leap under the covers Lord No. Because you can't judge a book can't judge a book by the cover no. No you can't.

[Verse 2]
She was a good girl. Tried to follow all the rules. But she fell for the wrong kind of guy. He got what he wanted and he played her like a fool. Yeah he looked so cool and clean but he gave her the worst case of Herpes that she'd ever seen. Now they call her the STD queen.
[Chorus]
Oh you can't judge a book by the cover. You better watch yourself and read between the lines. You better look up before you leap under the covers Lord No. Because you can't judge a book can't judge a book by the cover no. No you can't.
[Verse 3]
Ok the last verse is the most important one. It's about the biggest danger of them all. He worked the drive thru down at the Chick-fil-a. He met this hot lookin mama she drove through there and invited him over to her place. He headed right over after work, pulled up her skirt and there was something swinging down in his face. He had to learn the hard way that
[Chorus]
You can't judge a book by the cover. You better watch yourself and read between the lines. You better look up before you leap under the covers Lord knows. You can't judge a book can't judge a book no you can't judge a book can't judge a book no you can't judge a book can't judge a book by the cover.