When I became of age, my mother called me to her side She said, son, you're growing up now, pretty soon you'll take a bride And then she said Just because you've become a young man now There's still some things that you don't understand now Before you ask some girl for her hand now Keep your freedom for as long as you can now My mama told me, you better shop around Whoa, yeah, you better shop around Ah, there's some things that I want you to know now Just as sure as the wind's gonna blow now The women come and the women gonna go now Before you tell 'em that you love 'em so now My mama told me, you better shop around Whoa, yeah, you better shop around Try to get yourself a bargain, son Don't be sold on the very first one Pretty girls come a dime a dozen Try to find you one who's gonna give you true loving Before you take a girl and say I do now Make sure she's in love with you now My mama told me, you better shop around Oh, yeah Try to get yourself a bargain, son Don't be sold on the very first one Pretty girls come a dime a dozen Try to find you one who's gonna give you true loving Before you take a girl and say I do now Make sure she's in love with you now Make sure that her love is true now I'd hate to see you feeling sad and blue now My mama told me, you better shop around Oh, don't let the first one getcha Oh no, 'cause I don't want to see her with ya Uh huh, before you let 'em hold you tight Ah, yeah, yeah, make sure she's all right Uh huh, before you let her take your hand, my son Understand, my son Be a man, my son I know you can, my son I love you
When I became of age, my mother called me to her side She said, son, you're growing up now, pretty soon you'll take a bride And then she said Just because you've become a young man now There's still some things that you don't understand now Before you ask some girl for her hand now Keep your freedom for as long as you can now My mama told me, you better shop around Whoa, yeah, you better shop around Ah, there's some things that I want you to know now Just as sure as the wind's gonna blow now The women come and the women gonna go now Before you tell 'em that you love 'em so now My mama told me, you better shop around Whoa, yeah, you better shop around Try to get yourself a bargain, son Don't be sold on the very first one Pretty girls come a dime a dozen Try to find you one who's gonna give you true loving Before you take a girl and say I do now Make sure she's in love with you now My mama told me, you better shop around Oh, yeah Try to get yourself a bargain, son Don't be sold on the very first one Pretty girls come a dime a dozen Try to find you one who's gonna give you true loving Before you take a girl and say I do now Make sure she's in love with you now Make sure that her love is true now I'd hate to see you feeling sad and blue now My mama told me, you better shop around Oh, don't let the first one getcha Oh no, 'cause I don't want to see her with ya Uh huh, before you let 'em hold you tight Ah, yeah, yeah, make sure she's all right Uh huh, before you let her take your hand, my son Understand, my son Be a man, my son I know you can, my son I love you
