Used to think that love would be so simple 

Just happy ever after one another

Sometimes it's hot to trot

And sometimes it's the old cold shoulder

Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother

No, you can't have one without the other 



Sometimes you'll think she's sent from heaven

A best friend, confidante and lover 

Oh, there are times that little angel

She ain't nothin' but a devil woman 

Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother

No, you can't have one without the other 



She can be such a good girl

But, she can be so bad

Put you on top of the world

Cut you down so fast

Sometimes she's my baby

Sometimes she's a mother

Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother

No, you can't have one without the other 



I wouldn't take a million dollars for her

Or pay a single dime for ten more of her

I guess there's a heads and tails

To every lucky silver dollar

Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother

No, you can't have one without the other 



Oh, she can make the time fly

She can be a drag

Put you on cloud nine

Turn to rain so fast

Sometimes she's my baby

Sometimes she's a mother

Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother

No, you can't have one without the other 



Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother

No, you can't have one without the other