Song title: You can't judge a book by its cover
by Bo Diddley
You can't judge a book by its cover
You can't judge an apple
By looking at the tree
You can't judge honey
By looking at the bee
You can't judge a daughter
By looking at the mother
And you can't tell the book
By looking at the cover
Now can't you see
You misjudge me
I look like a farmer
But I'm a lover
So you can't judge a book
By looking at the cover
You can't judge the sugar
By looking at the cane
You can't judge a woman
By looking at her man
You can't judge the sister
By looking at her brother
You can't judge a book
By looking at the cover
Now can't you see
You misjudge me
I look like a farmer
But I'm a lover
So you can't judge a book
By looking at the cover
You can't judge the fish
By looking at the pond
You can't judge the right
By looking at the wrong
You can't judge one
By looking at another
You can't judge a book
By looking at the cover
Now can't you see
You misjudge me
I look like a farmer
But I'm a lover
So you can't judge a book
By looking at the cover Notes:
One of the many covers played live in the early years, around 1967
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 16/09/1967 The Left Foot, Freehold,NJ ,USA during the Castiles period
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Unique known live performance: 16/09/1967 The Left Foot, Freehold,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) with the Castiles.
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Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database