The Man That Turned My Mama On Song Lyrics and Chords
The Man That Turned My Mama On Song Lyrics and Chords by Tanya Tucker
The Man That Turned My Mama On
Recorded by Tanya Tucker Written by Ed Bruce
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I wish I'd known the man a little better that
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turned my mama
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on
He must have been a heck of a man cause
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mama was a lady don't you
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know
Mama was no prude but she
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was proper never
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wore her dress too
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She didn't care if you did but
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she'd never taken a
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Grandma Kate did the best she could to
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see mama grew up
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So she'd be fitting one
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day for courting and to
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wear some gentleman's
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I wish I'd known the man a little better that
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turned my mama
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on
People was always laughing and
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sang a right sweet
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song
Repeat #1
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I hear he came to town one day in a
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rusty old '49
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Selling ladies shoes and
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assorted greeting
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He was killer good looking and easy to like and
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turning all the ladies
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But he saw mama first and
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Lord knows how some of
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them traveling men
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are
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Mama seemed to forget the things that grandma
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Kate had always told
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her
She ran away one night
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with that traveling
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They bought gas at Reba's Truck Stop and
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drove to Desoto
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But he brought her
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home with a ring
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upon her
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hand
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Mama's told me how the fever took him
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when I was barely
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five
But I remember him pitching me
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up and catching
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And I love to sit and listen to her
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tell me about my
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daddy
She says he thought the
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sun would surely
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rise and set in
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me
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Man That Turned My Mama On?
- The song The Man That Turned My Mama On was sang by Tanya Tucker.
Who is Tanya Tucker?
- Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits.
She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". Tucker's 2019 album While I'm Livin' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and "Bring My Flowers Now" from that same album won Tucker a shared songwriting Grammy for Best Country Song.
