All Nite Lover, All Day Friend - Joe South

Mmm

If everyone who wants you tonight

Should all of a sudden drop by

They’d have to stop and form a line on the right

And me, I wouldn’t bother to try

But, if you ever need yourself a good man

On whom you can depend

Then, if I can’t be your all nite lover

I wanna be your all day friend

And if I can’t be your all nite lover

I wanna be your all day friend

Beware when they tell ya «I love ya», baby

It just shouldn’t be necessary

These are the three words most abused

In the English dictionary

They love your party and that kinda golden words

Are just a means to a selfish end

But if I can’t be your all nite lover

I got to be your all day friend

Said if I can’t be your all nite lover

I wanna be your all day friend

Let me tell you somethin'

I-I-I-I-I-I wouldn’t tell you no lie

Tell me why I-I-I-I-I-I

Should bother to deny

That I wanna make it with you?

And there’s one thing I’ll never do

And that’s to join in the competition

I’d just as soon go on wishin'

That I could roll over in the mornin' and you’ll be there

You’ll be there, whoa, yes

And when he tells all his buddies

'Bout the conquest he made last night

You know I’d like to drop the son of gun in his tracks

But two wrongs don’t make a right

But to stand up strong like an oak tree

Means sometime that I’ll have to be

Instead, if I can’t be your all nite lover

I wanna be your all day friend

And if I can’t be your all night lover

I wanna be your all day friend

I got to be your

I got to be your

All day friend

Whoa, whoa, yeah