You Can't Turn a Whore into a Lady

You can't turn a whore into a lady

Well friend, you've got a pretty woman

You think she is really something

But she is using you to play her game

Even if you treat her tender

In a month she won't remember

What you looked like or even your name

So don't even try to trust her

'Cause she leaves you broken fluster

With nobody but yourself to blame

She'll lie to you and leave you

With nothing but depression

A heartache and sorrow and shame

'Cause you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself

She's got to be willing to do it on her own

Without nobody's help

You could try and try

But you just can't make somebody be someone else

No you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself

Well I know you think you got it made

But she's just a jay

Listen to me friend I know her kind

She'll just tear up your nerves if you fall for her

So just walk away and leave her behind

'Cause when you fall in her lap, you're falling in her trap

And she'll rob you blind of your last dime

You're just another stranger

And you will never change her

If you try you're wasting your time

'Cause you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself

She's got to be willing to do it on her own

Without nobody's help

You could try and try

But you just can't make somebody be someone else

No you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself

My son

Attend unto my wisdom

And bow thine ear to my understanding

That thou mayest regard discretion

And that thy lips may keep knowledge

For the lips of a strange women drop as an honeycomb

And her mouth is smoother than oil

But her end is bitter as wormwood

Sharp as a two-edged sword

Her feet go down to death

Her steps take hold on hell

To keep thee from evil woman

From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart

Neither let her take thee with her eyelids

For by means of a whorish woman

A man is brought to a piece of bread

And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life

Let not thine heart decline to her ways

Go not astray in her paths

For she hath cast down wounded

And many strong men have been slain by her

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death

So if you think you got a lady

But she always tells you crazy stupid stories 'bout where she's been

And you remember back before she was yours

She got around with a bunch of different men

You don't matter if you love her

That don't make a no different to any of them

'Cause if she cheated before

She's probably still a whore

And she's gonna do it again

No you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself

She's got to be willing to do it on her own

Without nobody's help

You could try and try

But you just can't make somebody be someone else

No you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself

No you can't turn a whore into a lady

Unless she wants to do it herself