The Man That Turned My Mama On-Tanya Tucker

[ti:The Man That Turned My Mama On] [ar:Tanya Tucker] [al:16 Biggest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Man That Turned My Mama On - Tanya Tucker [00:05.86]I wish I'd known the man a little better [00:07.94]That turned my mama on [00:09.21] [00:10.34]He must have been a heck of a man [00:11.94]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [00:14.72] [00:16.13]Mama was no prude but she was proper [00:18.61]Never wore her dress too short [00:20.37] [00:21.34]She didn't care if you did [00:22.76]But she'd never taken a drink [00:24.52] [00:27.10]Grandma kate did the best she could [00:29.48]To see mama grew up right [00:30.76] [00:32.26]So she'd be fittin' one day for courtin' [00:34.51]And to wear some gentleman's ring [00:36.59] [00:38.91]I wish I'd known the man a little better [00:41.17]That turned my mama on [00:42.84] [00:44.00]He was always laughing and sang a right sweet song [00:47.44] [00:49.60]I wish I'd known the man a little better [00:51.72]That turned my mama on [00:53.41] [00:54.33]He must have been a man [00:55.71]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [00:58.85] [00:59.88]I hear he came to town one day [01:02.42]In a rusty old '49 ford [01:04.25] [01:05.10]Sellin' ladies shoes [01:06.55]And assorted greeting cards [01:08.60] [01:10.50]He was killin' good lookin' and easy to like [01:13.23]And turnin' all the ladies heads [01:14.88] [01:15.80]But he saw mama first [01:17.23]And lord knows how some of them travelin' men are [01:20.59] [01:22.77]I wish I'd known the man a little better [01:24.89]That turned my mama on [01:26.64] [01:27.86]He was always laughing and sang a right sweet song [01:31.34] [01:33.33]I wish I'd known the man a little better [01:35.48]That turned my mama on [01:37.16] [01:37.71]He must have been a heck of a man [01:39.51]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [01:42.58] [01:43.67]Mama seemed to forget the things [01:45.58]That grandma kate had always told her [01:48.06] [01:49.12]She ran away one night [01:50.83]With that traveling man [01:52.00] [01:54.08]They bought gas at reba's truck stop [01:55.95] [01:56.76]And drove to deseto county [01:58.36] [01:59.47]But he brought her home [02:00.70]With a ring upon her hand [02:03.04] [02:04.73]Mama's told me how the fever took him [02:07.43]When I was barely five [02:08.83] [02:09.92]But I remember him pitchin' me up [02:11.89]And catchin' me [02:13.22] [02:15.21]And I love to sit and listen to her [02:17.90]Tell me about my daddy [02:19.27] [02:20.64]She says she thought [02:21.65]The sun must surely rise and set in me [02:24.97] [02:27.25]I wish I'd known the man a little better [02:29.55]That turned my mama on [02:31.06] [02:32.15]He must have been a man [02:33.40]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [02:36.04] [02:37.79]I wish I'd known the man a little better [02:39.90]That turned my mama on [02:41.62] [02:42.30]He must have been a heck of a man [02:43.99]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know