My Baby's Just Like Money Song Lyrics and Chords by Lefty Frizzell
My Baby's Just Like Money
Recorded by Lefty Frizzell
Written by Lefty Frizzell and Jim Beck
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Well my baby's just like money true while you hold her tight
But if you
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let her go she'll blow like dough
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honky tonk day and night
For a
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friend of mine came and wised me up and this is what he
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said
For money goes from
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hand to hand and your
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baby goes from man to
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man
Listen now
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baby and I don't mea
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telling you you're making me blue that'
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s why I know its true
For it
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goes to show your just like dough the root of all
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evil
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hand to hand and my
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baby goes from man to
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man
Yeah my baby's just like money she goes everywhere
And I'm a
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telling you her loves untrue and I
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know that she done care
Just as
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long as she's got a ticket to ride that gals satis
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fied
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hand to hand and my
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baby goes from man to
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man
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baby and I don't mea
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change your way starting today
Or your
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daddy's not gonna stay
For I
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found out honey your just like money the root of all
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evil
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hand to hand and you
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know you go from man to
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FAQ
Who sang the the song My Baby's Just Like Money?
- The song My Baby's Just Like Money was sang by Lefty Frizzell.
Who is Lefty Frizzell?
- William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer.He gained prominence in 1950 after two major hits, and throughout the decade was a very popular country performer.
Frizzell influenced a number of other country singers, including George Jones, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, and John Fogerty. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. After the death of Hank Williams in 1953, Frizzell released many songs that charted in the Top 10 of the Hot Country Songs charts. His success did not carry on into the 1960s, and after suffering from alcoholism, he died at age 47.
A vocalist who set the style of singing "the country way" for the generations that followed, Frizzell became one of the most successful and influential artists of country music throughout his career. He smoothed out the rough edges of a honky tonk song by sounding out syllables longer and singing longer. Because of this, his music became much more mainstream without losing its honky-tonk attitude and persona.
