The Man That Turned My Mama On-Tanya Tucker

[ti:The Man That Turned My Mama On] [ar:Tanya Tucker] [al:Tanya Tucker'S Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Man That Turned My Mama On - Tanya Tucker [00:05.82]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [00:10.41]He must have been a heck of a man [00:13.27]'Cause mama was a lady don't you now [00:16.26]Mama was no prude but she was proper [00:18.88]Never wore her dress too short [00:21.42]She didn't care if you did [00:23.23]But she'd never taken a drink [00:27.22]Grandma Kate did the best she could [00:29.69]To see mama grew up right [00:32.37]So she'd be fittin' one day for courtin' [00:34.47]And to wear some gentleman's ring [00:39.07]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [00:44.12]He was always laughing and sang a right sweet song [00:49.83]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [00:54.69]He must have been a heck of a man [00:57.73]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [01:00.16]I hear he came to town one day [01:02.90]In a rusty old '49 Ford [01:05.47]Sellin' ladies shoes [01:06.77]And assorted greeting cards [01:10.82]He was killin' good lookin' and easy to like [01:13.57]And turnin' all the ladies heads [01:15.94]But he saw mama first [01:17.30]And Lord knows how some of them travelin' men are [01:23.19]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [01:28.29]He was always laughing and sang a right sweet song [01:32.83]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [01:38.38]He must have been a heck of a man [01:40.61]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [01:42.29]Mama seemed to forget the things [01:46.17]That grandma Kate had always told her [01:49.77]She ran away one night [01:51.45]With that traveling man [01:54.68]They bought gas at Reba's Truck Stop [01:56.79]And drove to Deseto County [02:00.09]But he brought her home [02:01.40]With a ring upon her hand [02:05.38]Mama's told me how the fever took him [02:08.73]When I was barely five [02:10.72]But I remember him pitchin' me up [02:13.01]And catchin' me [02:14.01]And I love to sit and listen to her [02:18.92]Tell me about my daddy [02:21.60]She says she thought [02:23.21]The sun must surely rise and set in me [02:27.09]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [02:32.92]He must have been a heck of a man [02:35.41]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know [02:38.70]I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on [02:43.67]He must have been a heck of a man [02:45.79]'Cause mama was a lady don't you know