Never Trust A Man

From the Alligator Records release

From The Heart of A Woman (AL 4724)

By Koko

Taylor

Never Trust A Man (Williams)

Mama told me

That you just can't trust a man

Mama told me

"Girl, don't never trust a man"

But I was wild at the time

People, I just didn't understand

Now that I'm grown

I know what mama was trying to do

She was trying to keep me

From going through what she'd been through

But I was hard-headed and wouldn't listen

So I got my heart broken, too

I been lied to

Misused

And then pushed aside

I can't count the nights

I wished for mama and cried

Mama told me

"Girl, you just can't trust a man"

But I was wild at the time

People, I just didn't understand

At first it was a schoolboy

My first love in the world

I thought I would die

I caught him kissing another girl

Mama told me

"Girl, don't never trust a man"

But I was wild at the time

People, I just didn't understand

(Solo)

I been lied to

Misused

And then pushed aside

I can't count the nights

I wished for mama and cried

Mama told me

"Girl, don't never trust a man"

But I was wild at the time

People, I just didn't understand

I know there's good men in the world

But you can count them all on one hand

I'm trying to tell all you girls

And I want you to understand

Now I know mama was right

So don't you ever trust a man