Rober earl this friend of mine   You know he's always looking after my best interest   He told me lyle p. you need to get some action   Get your head back in line   You need to get out on your own boy   This hanging around here's got to stop   Get out on your own boy   And take a little trip to the record shop      I said the record shop   But robert I don't need no records   He just smiled and he said   What you need is a      Record lady   Record lady   She's got the cutest little cartridge   That you've ever seen   She's a phonographic dream      I didn't waste no time about it   I put on my coat and shoes   I packed up my old rocking chair   And I left them hell on church street blues   And I went down to the record shop   What else could I do   She was five-foot-one-and-three-quarters   Lord she claimed she five-foot-two      And she looked at me with her big green eyes   And she said can I help you find something   I said what you got on special      Record lady   Record lady   She's got the cutest little cartridge   That you've ever seen   She's a phonographic dream      Acting very sophisticated   I began to browse around   I walked up to the record lady   And I said I sure do like what I have found   It would be so beautiful   Please come away with me   We could run down to istanbul   Or maybe even gay paris      And she looked at me with her big green eyes   And she said can I help you find something   I said what you got on special      Record lady   Record lady   She's got the cutest little cartridge   That you've ever seen   She's a phonographic dream   A phonographic dream      One day you know I will see   My phonographic fantasy   In sweet fulfillment to the last detail   Down in acapulco   Or even somewhere else   Just her and me together   The whole day long   Her and me together   Playing them records all night long      She's the record lady   Record lady   Record lady at the record shop   Set it spinning mama   Don't ever stop my   Record lady   Record lady