BORN IN LOUISIANA IN A TOWN CALLED FRANKLIN
I WAS FULLY MATURED BY THE TIME I REACHED THE AGE OF TEN
A MULATTO GIRL IS WHAT THEY CALLED ME
AND US MULATTOS HAD NO TROUBLE AT ALL WITH MEN
ALL MEN SAY THAT I'M AS SWEET AS HONEY
'CAUSE I'M THIRTY-FOUR, THIRTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-TWO AT THE TUMMY
THEY CALLED ME SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET-Y IS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
TRIED TO LIVE A LIFE I THOUGHT I WANTED ME TO
I WENT TO CHURCH, FINISHED SCHOOL, WAS A MEMBER OF A [?]
BUT OLD PASTOR [?] AND NATHAN JONES
THEY WERE JUST TOO HARD HEADED TO LEAVE ME ALONE
THEY SAID THAT I WAS SWEET AS HONEY
'CAUSE I'M THIRTY-FOUR, THIRTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-TWO AT THE TUMMY
THEY CALLED ME SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET-Y IS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
I WAS SEVENTEEN WHEN I MOVED TO NEW ORLEANS
'CAUSE LIVING IN THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM
PEOPLE LAUGHED, SAID IT WAS A SHAME AND A PITY
WHEN OLD MAYOR DALEY GAVE ME THE KEY TO THE CITY
HE TOO SAID THAT I WAS AS SWEET AS HONEY
'CAUSE I'M THIRTY-FOUR, THIRTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-TWO AT THE TUMMY
THEY CALLED ME SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED
SWEET-Y IS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED

I BROKE YOUR HEART
AND I MADE YOU BLUE
INSTEAD OF HURTING BACK
YOU SAID I LOVE YOU
THAT VERY DAY YOU WON MY HEART
AND MY LOVE FOR YOU SHALL NEVER PART
YOU HAVE SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING WAY
AND I APPRECIATE YOU NEED WHAT I SAY
'CAUSE A LOVE LIKE YOURS DON'T COME KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
ALTHOUGH I TREATED YOU BAD FROM THE START
WITHOUT QUESTION YOU GAVE ME YOUR HEART
NO, A LOVE LIKE YOURS DON'T COME KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO
OH, THAT MEAN SO MUCH
SO VERY, VERY MUCH
(CONSIDERATION), I NEVER KNEW
THAT IS, UNTIL I MET YOU
BELIEVE ME
YOU MADE MY LIFE COMPLETE
AND I KNOW OUR LOVE WITH ALL OF MY MIND
YOU CAN BELIEVE GONNA HOLD ON TIGHT
'CAUSE A LOVE LIKE YOURS DON'T COME KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
NO, A LOVE LIKE YOURS DON'T COME KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO
THAT MEAN SO MUCH
SO VERY VERY MUCH
(CONSIDERATION), NO I NEVER KNEW
THAT IS, UNTIL I MET YOU
BELIEVE ME
YOU MADE MY LIFE COMPLETE
AND I KNOW OUR LOVE WITH ALL OF MY MIND
YOU CAN BELIEVE GONNA HOLD ON TIGHT
'CAUSE A LOVE LIKE YOURS DON'T COME KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
I SAID A LOVE LIKE YOURS, IT DON'T COME KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
I SAID A LOVE LIKE YOURS, IT DON'T COME, IT DON'T COME KNOCKING
KNOCK, KNOCKING EVERYDAY
'CAUSE A LOVE LIKE YOURS, IT DON'T COME KNOCKING