Irving Berlin - Stop! Look! Listen! lyrics

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

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

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

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

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

Stop! Look! Listen! Always safety first"
If there were no such display
You would pass 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

But they want you to linger
By the railroad track