I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool)

Album: I'm Just a Prisoner (1969)
Charted: 46
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  • You may think I'm silly
    To love a man twice my age
    But I know from experience, girls
    Sometime it pays

    The man I've got
    The fire's almost gone
    He can't heat up nobody's house
    He's got just enough to keep me warm

    I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart
    Than to be a young man's fool
    Oh, yeah

    To love you once a month
    Is all an old man desires
    You can love a young man
    Seven days a week
    And still he's not satisfied

    And old man would be so grateful
    You could just sit and talk
    But a young man is somewhere
    Doing the camel walk

    I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart
    Than to be a young man's fool
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    Most girls prefer a young man
    'Cause a young man is strong
    But I'd rather put up with this old man
    Than have a young man doing me wrong

    And old man would be so grateful
    You could just let him sit and talk
    But a young man is somewhere busy
    Doing the camel walk

    I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart
    Than to be a young man's fool

    Don't wanna be your fool, no
    Don't wanna be your fool
    Ain't gonna be your fool
    Don't wanna be no fool

    Young man just ain't gonna do that
    No, no, don't wanna be no fool
    Ain't gonna be no fool
    Ain't gonna be no fool, no, no, no
    Ain't gonna be no fool, no Writer/s: CLARENCE GEORGE CARTER, GEORGE HENRY JACKSON, RAYMOND MOORE
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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