You Can't Judge a Book

Well, you can't judge a book by looking at the cover

No, you can't judge a man by looking at the cover

And you can't judge a book by looking at the cover.

When I was young and went to school

My mama taught me the magic rule

And what she said I tried my best to follow.

She said

You can't judge a book by looking (at the cover)

No, you can't judge a man by looking (at the cover)

And you can't judge a book by looking (at the cover).

Then I left school and moved around

And what I saw and what I found

Made me remember what she said to follow.

She said

You can't judge a book by looking (at the cover)

No, you can't judge a man by looking (at the cover)

And you can't judge a book by looking (at the cover).

And now I think, by now I'd know

That what appears is not always so

And I remember what she said to follow.

She said

You can't judge a book by looking (at the cover)

No, you can't judge a man by looking (at the cover)

No, you can't judge a book by looking (at the cover)