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A Woman Is a Sometime Thing Lyrics by Alexander Smalls

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

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[JAKE]
Listen to your daddy warn ya
'Fore you start a-travelin'
Woman may born ya
Love ya and mourn ya
But a woman is a sometime thing
Yes, a woman is a sometime thing
[MINGO]
Oh, a woman is a sometime thing
[JAKE]
Your mammy is the first to name ya
And she'll tie you to her apron string
Then she'll shame you and she'll blame ya
'Til your woman comes to claim ya
'Cause a woman is a sometime thing
Yes, a woman is a sometime thing
[SPORTIN' LIFE]
Oh, a woman is a sometime thing
[JAKE]
Don't you never let a woman grieve ya
Just 'cause she got your wedding ring
She'll love you and deceive ya
Then she'll take her clothes and leave ya
'Cause a woman is a sometime thing
[JAKE & ENSEMBLE]
Yes, a woman is a sometime thing
Yes, a woman is a sometime thing
Yes, a woman is a sometime thing
[JAKE]
There now, what I tell ya?
He's asleep already
[The baby cries. Men at the crap game laugh.]
[CLARA, spoken]
He got better sense than to listen to that nonsense
[ROBBINS]
Come back, Jake, you make a better crap shooter
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Alexander Smalls

Alexander Smalls

About “A Woman Is a Sometime Thing” by Alexander Smalls

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"A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" appears on "Gershwin: Porgy and Bess".

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