See Voice Key below.

Intro:
SR: When I became of age,
My mother called me to her side.
She said, "Son your growing up now,"
Pretty soon you'll take a bride."

Verse 1:
SR: And then she said, "Just because you've
SR: Become a young man, now, GM: Man, now.
SR: There's still some things/ GM: /Ooo-ooo./
SR: /That you don't understand, now. GM: Stand now.
SR: Before you ask/ GM: /Ooo-ooo/
SR: /Some girl for her hand, now, GM: Hand now.
SR: Keep your freedom/ GM: /Ooo-ooo/
SR: /For as long as you can, now."
All: My ma-SR:-ma told me, "You better
All: Shop SR: around./ GM: /Shop,
GM: Shop around./ SR: /A-woh, yeah-eah,
SR: You better/ GM: /Ah ah-ah-ah,/
SR: /Shop around."
GM: Shop, shop around.

Verse 2:
SR: Ah-ah-ah, "There's some things
SR: That I want you to know, now, GM: Ah-hah.
SR: Ah-just as sure/ GM: /Ooo-ooo.
SR: /As the wind's gonna blow, now. GM: Ah-hah.
SR: The women come/ GM: /Ooo-ooo./
SR: /And the women gonna go, now. GM: Ah-hah.
SR: Before you tell 'em GM: Ooo-ooo/
SR: /That you love 'em so, now."
All: My ma-SR:-ma told me, "You better
All: Shop around./ GM: /Shop,
GM: Shop around./ SR: /Woh, yeah,
SR: You better/ GM: /Ah ah-ah-ah,/
SR: /Shop around."
GM: Shop, shop around.

Chorus:
GM: Ohhhh,/ SR: /"Ah-try to get yourself
SR: A bargain, son,/
GM: /Ohhhh,/ SR: /Don't be sold
SR: On the very first/ GM: hot woman/ SR: /one.
GM: Ohhhh,/ SR: /Ah-pretty girls
SR: Come a dime a dozen,
Ah-try to find one who's gonna give ya true lovin'.

Verse 3:
GM: Ahh-hah. SR: Before you take a girl
GM: Ooo-ooo/ SR: /And say, 'I do.' now,
GM: Ahh-hah. SR: Ah-make sure
SR: She's in love with you, no-ow."
All: My ma-SR:-ma told me,
All: "You better shop around."

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Chorus, repeated with slight chages in style:
SR: Oh-oh, hey-ay, hey, ay-ay,
GM: Ahhhh,/ SR: /"Try to get yourself
SR: A bargain, son,
GM: /Ahhhh,/ SR: /Don't be sold
SR: On the very first one./
GM: /On the very first one.
GM: Ahhhh,/ SR: /A-pretty girls
SR: Come a dime a dozen,
SR: A-try to find one who's
SR: Gonna give ya true lovin'.

Verse 3, repeated with minor style and word changes:
GM: Ahh-hah. SR: Before you take/
GM: /Ooo-ooo/ SR: /A girl and say, 'I do.' now.
GM: Ahh-hah/ SR: /Make sure
GM: Ooo-ooo/ SR: /She's in love with you, now.
GM: Ahh-hah. SR: Make sure that
GM: Ooo-ooo/ SR: Her love is true, now.
GM: Ahh-hah. SR: I hate to see you
GM: Ooo-ooo/ SR: /Feelin' sad and blue, now."
All: My ma-SR:-ma told me,
All: "You better shop around."
GM: Shop, shop around./

/Outro:
SR: /Ah-hah-a, don't let
SR: Your first ah-one git'cha.
GM: Shop, shop around./
SR: Oh, no, 'cause I don't wanna see/
GM: /Ah ha-ha-ha/ SR: /Her wit'cha.
GM: Shop, shop around./
SR: /Ah-ha, before you let her hold/
GM: /Ah ha-ha-ha/ SR: /you tight,
GM: Shop, shop around./
SR: /A-yeah, yeah, make sure she's/
GM: /Ah ha-ha-ha/ SR: /alright.
GM: Shop, hop around./
SR: /Ah-ha, before you Let/
GM /Ah ha-ha-ha/ SR: /her take your hand,
GM: Shop,/ SR: /My son,
Fade.
GM: Shop around./ SR: /Understand, my son,
GM: Ah ah-ah-ah/ SR: /Be a man,
GM: Shop,/ SR: /My son.
GM: Shop around./ SR: /I know you can, my son.
GM: Ah ah-ah-ah/ SR: /I love ya...

VOICE KEY:
Lyrics preceded with SR: denote solo by Smokey Robinson.
Lyrics preceded with GM: denote all the group members sing without SR.
Lyrics preceded with All: denote everyone sings.
Lyrics separated by a slash(es) (/) mean the lyrics on opposite sides of the
slash(es) are sung simultaneously or overlap.