if ever i have a son in life i’ll call him in one day
sit him down upon my knee and here is what i’ll say
you might lose your lover people do sometime
oh but it won’t make sense for you to sit around cryin’
son don’t you know that when you fall in love
sometimes you’re gonna have the blues
well it may take years but you’re gonna she’d some tears
’cause everybody’s got to pay some dues now now
everybody’s got to pay some dues
you might have money yeah and a big fine car
it don’t matter what you look like no no it don’t matter who you are
son don’t you know you can’t win all the time
sometime you’re gonna have to lose
just as long as you live you got to take as well as give
’cause everybody’s got to pay some dues now now
everybody’s got to pay some dues
whoa whoa whoa
whoa whoa whoa
yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah
yeah hea hea hea hea hea
yeah hea hea hea hea hea
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
well now everybody’s got to pay some dues yeah don’t you know it now
everybody’s got to pay some dues
make no mistakes now son about the things i told you
i don’t want you to think yeah yeah that i’m tryin’ to scold you
son because i know you got to fall in love sometime
be careful who you choose
’cause it’s sure my son before your life is done
you’ll find that everybody’s got to pay some dues yeah don’t you know it now
everybody’s got to pay some dues
dues got to pay some dues got to pay some dues
i’ve got to pay he’s got to pay
you’ve got to pay and she’s got to pay
no matter what you do i say
there is gonna come a day
when you gonna have to pay
cain’t nobody get away from dues
yeah yeah yeah now
Artist: The Miracles
Year: 1961
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 194