Story Behind The Song

song is centered around a play on words such as "prime the pump"

Song Description

song describes what a man must do to win a woman's heart

Lyrics

Verse:
I thought her love for me would never run dry,
But I just drew from her till she couldn?t give anymore.
And when she turned to leave,
My whole life flashed before my eyes.
And I remembered what my daddy told me
O so long ago? he said:


Chorus:
Prime the pump if you want her to love you from the heart.
If you want to receive,
You must expect to be giving right from the start.
That old ?something for nothing? won?t work,
When it?s love that gets you over the hump.
O don?t you know that you reap what you sow,
You know you?ve got to prime the pump.


Verse:
So if my friend, in love you?re coming up empty.
And you?ve been to the well once too often it seems.
Always finding nothing,
Where you know something ought to be.
Let me tell you a secret
That was handed down to me? you must:


Chorus:
Prime the pump if you want her to love you from the heart.
If you want to receive,
You must expect to be giving right from the start.
That old ?something for nothing? won?t work,
When it?s love that gets you over the hump.
O don?t you know that you reap what you sow,
You know you?ve got to prime the pump.