You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover - Stevie Wonder

Hey there miss fine, sweet little clinging vine

Your actions kind of show me you love me truly, yeah

You’re warmer than July, sweet as apple pie

I can’t let you know you’re getting to me, yeah

Yeah, 'cause you can’t judge a book by its cover

My papa used to say, «Look child

Look beyond a tender smile

'Cause you can’t judge a look by the lover»

Girl, I’m sweet on you though you can’t see through

This unconcerned expression I’ve been wearing, yeah

Hey, I practice looking bored so you can feel ignored

But that don’t mean that I’m not really caring, yeah

'Cause you can’t judge a book by its cover

And you can’t judge a look by its lover

Maybe my coldness is a mask, maybe your loving ways will last

But you can’t judge a book by its cover, baby

Ah, hoo

Somewhere beyond the skin, somewhere deep within

Somewhere, somewhere

We may find that love is there to test us, yeah

But we’ve got to have the nerve to give it all it deserves

And maybe, baby, we’ll find something precious, yeah

'Cause you can’t judge a book by its cover

Only time it’s gonna show, only time will let us know

'Cause you can’t judge a book by its cover, baby, ooh

And you can’t judge a look by its lover

We’ve got to search each other’s minds

We’ve got to read between the lines

Oh, take a different look

And make our hearts an open book

Oh, you can’t judge a book by its cover

No, no, no, no

And you can’t judge a look by its lover