Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Bill Cook

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

Well you can have her I don't want her she didn't love me anyway
She only wanted someone to play with Jerry Lee wanted a love to stay
Well if you get stuck with the wrong woman there's only one thing that you can do
Just dig a hole jump right in it pull the ground right over you

You can have her (you can have her)
I don't want her (I don't want her)
She didn't love me (she didn't love me ) anyway (anyway)
She only wanted (she only wanted) someone to play with (someone to lay with)
But all I wanted (but all I wanted) was love to stay (was love to stay)

The girl I love she up and left me she ran away with ol' Jerry Lee's best friend
Come home at night just for an hour
When day light comes when day light comes she's gone again

You can have her (you can have her)
I don't want her (I don't want her)
She didn't love me (she didn't love me ) anyway (anyway)
She only wanted (she only wanted) someone to play with (someone to lay with)
But all I wanted (but all I wanted) was love to stay (was love to stay)

Life without love is mighty empty but confession's good for the old soul
I'd rather have love that I can cling to than have the world and all of it's gold

You can have her (you can have her)
I don't want her (I don't want her)
She didn't love me (she didn't love me ) anyway (anyway)
She only wanted (she only wanted) someone to play with (someone to lay with)
But all I wanted (but all I wanted) was love to stay (was love to stay)

Sing it children you can have her (you can have her)
I don't want her (I don't want her)
She didn't love me (she didn't love me ) anyway (anyway)
She only wanted (she only wanted) someone to play with (someone to lay with)
But all I wanted (but all I wanted) was love to stay (was love to stay)

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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