Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Bob Shelton Joe Shelton Sid Robin

Producer: Shelby Singleton Jr.

Now just because you think you're so pretty and you ain't pretty
And just because you think you're so hot honey you ain't hot
And just because you think that you got somethin'
Honey you ain't got nothin' but nobody at all ain't got
Honey you may now honey you may spend up all my money
You may call me on the telephone
But I'm tellin' you good gal I'm through with you
Just because baby just because

Well well well just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your mama thinks you're hot
Well just because you think you've got somethin' that no other girls has got
You've caused me to spend all of my money
You laughed when they called me old Santa Claus
Well I'm tellin' you baby I'm through with you because baby just because

Oh there'll come a day when you'll be lonely
And there'll come a day when you'll be blue
There'll come a day when you gonna want ol' Jerry Lee
Start to play piano and play it around with you
But I got news for you baby ain't gonna play anything heaven knows
I'm tellin' you honey I was through with you
Just because just because just because just because just because
Just because just because just because just because
Just because baby just because

Jerry Lee Lewis was a leading figure in the popularization of rock & roll during the 1950s. He was first signed to Sun Records in 1956 where he was labelmates with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and other early rock artists. Of those musicians, however, he was the only piano player and combined with his heavy-handed playing style, sexually suggestive lyrics, and provocative stage antics he came to epitomize the rebelliousness of the genre.

He rose to international fame for his 1957 versions of the songs “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.”

Lewis' popularity rapidly tumbled, however, when in 1958, when at the age of 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin. Though this scandal continued to tarnish his image, Lewis never retired from music. As of October 2015, he continues to perform live.

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