when i became of age my mother called me to a side she said son you re growing up now pretty soon you ll take a bride and then she said just because you ve become a young man now there s still some things you don t understand now before you ask some girl for your hand now keep your freedom for as long as you can now my mama told me better shop around oh yeah better shop around ah hah hah there s some things that i want you to know now just as sure as the wind s going to blow now women come and the women gonna go now before you tell em that you love them so now my mama told me better shop around oh yeah you d better shop around try to find yourself a bargain son don t be sold on the very first one pretty girls come a dime a dozen try to find the one who s gonna give you true lovin before you take a girl and say i do now make sure she s in love with you now make sure that her love is true now i d hate to see you feeling sad and blue now my mama told me better shop around try to find yourself a bargain son don t be sold on the very first one pretty girls come a dime a dozen try to find the one who s gonna give you true lovin before you take a girl and say i do now make sure she s in love with you now make sure that her love is true now i d hate to see you feeling sad and blue now my mama told me you d better shop around oh yeah you d better shop around be a man if you can i know you can be a man my son if you can my son