The Wrong Thing to Do

Well, my daddy took me campin' out under the stars

Left me by the fire while he hit the bars

And I broke my finger on a trailer hitch

Mamma called daddy that son of a bitch, alright

Well a hundred miles to go you draggin' your ass

I'm in a Japanese car that ain't gonna last

And you forever drivin' on the wrong side of the road

Wearing dungarees that your mother stole

Well my mamma loved me but my daddy don't

I'm tryin' to work it all out but I probably won't

I got a woman waiting at the top of the stairs

It's the wrong thing to do but I don't care

Well she was blond and tall, she was twenty-three

Brought into the world to get the best of me

And she never paid back half what she stole

She wanted my money so I gave her my soul

Well my mamma loved me but my daddy don't

I'm tryin' to work it all out but I probably won't

I got a woman waiting at the top of the stairs

It's the wrong thing to do but I don't care

Well I was flying half mast on the 4th of July

In a bar in Lake City with a western tie

And I was thinkin' hard about changin' my name

And headed for Miami when the daylight came

Well my mamma loved me but my daddy don't

I'm tryin' to work it all out but I probably won't

I got a woman waiting at the top of the stairs

It's the wrong thing to do but I don't care