Before I met you I used to get around   And I could have most any girl in any town   When I fell for you all my playboy days were through   You sure knew just how to tear my playhouse down      Just call me the late and great lover   Since I lost you I could never love another   I met my Waterloo when I fell in love with you   Just call me the late and great lover   [ steel ]   That was a fateful day when I laid eyes on you   I didn't know that you were a great lover too   And then you said goodbye with a twinkle in your eye   Ya walked right out the front door with somebody new      Just call me the late and great lover...   Just call me the late and great lover