Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)
Hank Williams Jr.

The old guitar picker had run out of liquor

So I sat down beside him and bought him a drink

Then I bought him another and finally some color

Returned to his cheeks and he said with a wink


Son, I worked with your daddy, I knew Ernest and ol' Lefty

I played on the Oprey back when it was strong

But it's show-biz you know, sometimes it gets slow

So buy me another and I'll sing you a song


Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue

Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too


Well, you like it, I see and that's real pleasin' to me

'Cause Bocephus, I've wrote hundreds and some you know well

I wrote and sold 'em, they bought 'em and stoled 'em

But paper is cheap, why they're just tunes, what the heck


Then he tried to sell me the song he'd just song me

I told him that song is a piece of your soul

Keep your song, here's some money, said Hank Jr.

Bless you, son

And I heard him singin' as I walked out the door

He said, Now Hank remember


Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue

Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too


Well, that was about a year ago and now friends wouldn't ya know

The songs a big hit, some superstar claims he wrote

He sings it and grins and the money rolls in

It's a wonder the words don't stick in his throat


Now I think of that writer, his name was Arthur and I often wonder

Just how many hit songs he sold in his time

And how many men take the gift that God gave 'em

And throw it away for the pretty red wine, quite a few


Be careful who you love, for love can be untrue

Be careful who you love, be sure she loves you too


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