Irving Berlin - Stop! Look! Listen! lyrics

[1st verse:] Love will make a fool of any man, it has been said No one can advise him, for his heart will rule his head He names the wedding day, just throws himself away Before the wedding all his friends will come to him and say [1st refrain:] Stop! Look! Listen to a friend's advice Better look before you leap Or you'll be in water deep For God's sake don't get married, don't give up your name Then he'll stop, look, listen to his friend's advice But he'll go out and marry just the same [2nd verse:] Mister Brown, a widower, was handing out advice To his son who fell in love with someone very nice He whispered to the lad, "To marry would be bad I know just what I'm saying, take a tip from your old Dad [2nd refrain:] Stop! Look! Listen to a Dad's advice She's a nice girl, that is true But she'll never do for you So tie a can to Cupid, lay him on the shelf" Then he stopped, looked, listened to his Dad's advice While his Dad went out and married her himself [3rd verse:] There's a railroad on Long Island not so far away Accidents occur there almost ev'ry other day The man who owns the line has said, "The fault's not mine Because at ev'ry railroad crossing you will find this sign [3rd refrain:] Stop! Look! Listen! Always safety first" If there were no such display You would pa** along your way But they insist you linger by the railroad track So you stop, look, listen, then you hear a crash And the next day your fam'ly's dressed in black [Alternate line:] But they want you to linger by the railroad track