If You Liked That, You're Gonna Love This

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If You Liked That, You're Gonna Love ThisMama said I had a smart mouthso she tried to straighten me outby shipping me two weeks down southto stay with my Baptist cousin Tedone night when his folks stayed out latehe gave me some Mike's Hard Lemonadeand rather than set my head straightthat stuff went straight to my headthen he took me to their shedwhere grain liquor was their daily breadI wanted to stick with Mike's insteadbut Ted poured a loaf and said"if you liked that, you're gonna love thissomeday you'll kick yourselfif you don't get your kicksdon't be lily livereddon't be chicken heartedyou'll stay a beginner foreverif you stop when you get startedthe reward is the riskand if you liked that, you're gonna love this"Ted poured some shine in a Pepsi cansaid he knew some farm girls who were sweet as yamsand while my eyes mined the gold from their tanshe told them to go slow cos I was youngat first I felt a little tensecos my gal's kisses didn't make no sensebut when I fin'lly learned some Frenchit was heaven like speaking in tonguesI got another taste of shinewhen she kissed me one more timeshe said, "boy, down here what's next is a crimebut it's fine with me if there's a finecos if you liked that, you're gonna love thissomeday you'll kick yourselfif you don't get your kicksdon't be lily livereddon't be chicken heartedyou'll stay a beginner foreverif you stop when you get startedthe reward is the riskand if you liked that, you're gonna love this"Mama met me when my time was overI stepped off that bus barely soberI started falsely confessin'that I'd learned a good, hard lessonthought I was still kinda buzzin'when she said I was spending all summer with my cousincos if you liked that, you're gonna love thisyeah, if you liked that, you're gonna love this...(c)2005 Robert George