YOU CANâT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITâS COVER
WRITERS STEVIE WONDER, HENRY COSBY, SYLVIA MOY
COPYRIGHT 1969
Hey there miss fine
Sweet little clinging vine
Your actions kind of show me you love me truly, yeah
Youâre warmer than July, sweet as apple pie
I canât let you know youâre getting to me
Yeah, âcause you canât judge a book by itâs cover
My papa used to say âlook child, look beyond a tender smile
âCause canât judge a book by itâs loverâ
Girl, Iâm sweet on you
Though you canât see through this unconcerned expression Iâve been wearing
Hey, I practice looking bored so you can feel ignored
But that donât mean that Iâm not really caring
Yeah, âcause you canât judge a book by itâs cover
And you canât judge a book by itâs loverâ
Maybe my coldness is a mask, maybe your loving will last
But canât judge a book by itâs cover
Somewhere beyond the skin, somewhere deep within
We may find that love is there to test us, yeah
But weâve got to have the nerve to give it all it deserves
And maybe weâll find something precious
Yeah, âcause you canât judge a book by itâs cover
Only time itâs gonna show, only time will let us know
âCause you canât judge a book by itâs cover
And you canât judge a book by itâs lover
Weâve got to search each otherâs minds
Weâve got to read between the lines
Oh, take a different look
And make our hearts an open book
Oh, you canât judge a book by itâs cover
No, no, no, no
And you canât judge a book by itâs lover
