Everybody’s Gotta Pay Some Dues

Lyrics

[Intro] If ever I have a son in life, I'll call him in one day And sit him down upon my knee and here is what I'll say [Verse 1] You might lose your lover, people do sometime Oh, but it won't make sense for you to sit around cryin' Son, don't you know that when you fall in love Sometimes, you're gonna have the blues [Chorus] Well it may take years, but you're gonna shed some tears 'Cause everybody's got to pay some dues, now, now Everybody's got to pay some dues [Verse 2] You might have money, yeah, and a big fine car It don't matter what you look like, no, no it don't matter who you are Son, don't you know you can't win all the time Sometimes you're gonna have to lose [Chorus] Just as long as you live, you got to take as well as give 'Cause everybody's got to pay some dues, now, now Everybody's got to pay some dues [Bridge] Whoa, whoa, whoa (Whoa, whoa, whoa) Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Hey, hey, hey-hey-hey (Hey, hey, hey-hey-hey) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) [Chorus] Well now, everybody's got to pay some dues, yeah don't you know it now Everybody's got to pay some dues [Verse 3] Make no mistake now, son, about the things I told you I don't want you to think, yeah, yeah, that I'm tryin' to scold you Son, because I know you got to fall in love sometime Be careful who you choose [Chorus] 'Cause it's for sure, my son, before your life is done You'll find that everybody's got to pay some dues, yeah don't you know it now Everybody's got to pay some dues [Outro] (Dues, got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) I've got to pay, he's got to pay (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) You've got to pay and she's got to pay (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) No matter what you do, I say (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) There is gonna come a day (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) When you gonna have to pay (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) Can't nobody get away from dues (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) Yeah, yeah, yeah (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) Don't you know you got to pay (Got to pay some dues, got to pay some dues) Hoo-hoo-hoo, don't you know you got to pay