When I was young my momma took me by the hand She said, honey babe you got to learn to understand You gotta know, you got to know About how, about how to love Well I once loved a man but it was sad as it could be He had a lot of loving in him but none of it for me He didn't know, he didn't know About how, about how to love Now I got a man he don't run all around town He knows just what to do when his mommas feelin down He knows, he knows About how, about how to love And we got a baby I take her by the hand I say, dear, dear you got to learn to understand You gotta know, you got to know About how, about how to love