This is my receipe I've got a brandnew cookery book
Girls used to look at me as I was a reclusive cook
Now you came into my life I play my role with a new pride
And I say
Don't make no compliments before the dessert's over
It's what life recommends before the dessert's over
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Honey be mine it's supper time I'm gonna take you out tonight
We're gonna make this dinner fine can't remember the last candle light
Now you're here not far from home the two of us chow down alone
And I say
Don't make no compliments before the dessert's over
It's what life recommends before the dessert's over
Don't call me ignorant before the dessert's over
It's what life recommends before the dessert's over
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Do you know what the menu says
Watch out for your tender ivories
We digest all in different ways
With my gastroenteritis
Now our short lives seem to cease forget all laughable disease
And I pray
Don't make no compliments before the dessert's over
It's what life recommends before the dessert's over
There's nothing more to be said before the dessert's over
It's all that you should know before the dessert's over