"All That Glitters Ain't Gold" lyrics

When I was just a little boy
I used to like those shiny, pretty things
One day I won myself a price
I got it from a bubblegum machine

Then I ran home, calling my mama
"Hey, mama, look at all the pretty things I got!"
My mama smiled, said "sit down my child"
She told me, oh, boy

All that glitters, it ain't gold
No, no, (ain't gold), might fool you sometimes, she said
All that glitters ain't gold
No, no, it ain't gold

Hey, hit me one more time (Ain't gold)
Let me rock with ya, baby, look here

Somehow, the words, they always stay
Embedded in my mind since that day
Right now I need myself a love
A love that's really real in every way

It's so hard finding a love, baby
Sometimes I nee
But she always seems to be what she's not
Now I remember, let me get my mind together
Remember what mama said, hey

All that glitters ain't gold
Gotta watch out, gotta watch out (Ain't gold)
Gotta watch, hey boy
All that glitters ain't gold
No, it ain't gold, girl

Hey, when you feel it (Ain't gold)
Got to sit down, let me talk for a minute, look here

May be shiny on the outside (All that glitters ain't gold)
Don't mean it don't have to be gold, no, no (Ain't gold)
Just take a look at the world today, she is like a shiny thing (All that glitters ain't gold)
Well, well, well, well, well (Ain't gold)

Oh, makes you glad to remember what your mama said (All that glitters)
It don't have to be gold (Ain't gold)
Oh, hey, yeah (Ain't gold)
If you can't live on the point, will you find a pure heart? (All that glitters)
Tell me (Ain't gold)
What'd you say? (Ain't gold)
Oh no, got me down, look

You don't catch no flies with salt (All that glitters)
Sprinkle just a little bit of sugar (Ain't gold)
Yes, you do (Ain't gold)
Don't let them shine on you, that's how they sock it to you (All that glitters)
When you're down (Ain't gold)
Tell you, don't look around (Ain't gold)
Hey, oh