YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S 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

You're warmer than July, sweet as apple pie

I can't let you know you're getting to me



Yeah, ‘cause you can't judge a book by it's cover

My papa used to say “look child, look beyond a tender smile

‘Cause can't judge a book by it's lover”



Girl, I'm sweet on you

Though you can't see through this unconcerned expression I've been wearing

Hey, I practice looking bored so you can feel ignored

But that don't mean that I'm not really caring

Yeah, ‘cause you can't judge a book by it's cover

And you can't judge a book by it's lover”

Maybe my coldness is a mask, maybe your loving will last

But can't judge a book by it's cover



Somewhere beyond the skin, somewhere deep within

We may find that love is there to test us, yeah

But we've got to have the nerve to give it all it deserves

And maybe we'll find something precious

Yeah, ‘cause you can't judge a book by it's cover

Only time it's gonna show, only time will let us know

‘Cause you can't judge a book by it's cover

And you can't judge a book by it's lover

We've got to search each other's minds

We've got to read between the lines

Oh, take a different look

And make our hearts an open book

Oh, you can't judge a book by it's cover

No, no, no, no

And you can't judge a book by it's lover