Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh At your worst, be on your best Do unto others like the good Lord says Unless you cross me or one of my girlfriends Say what you mean, mean what you say Take your secrets to the grave I grew up that way, and I wouldn't change one damn thing I'm a little bit of whiskey in my sweet tea I'm a little bit of city in my country A little "hell yeah" in my "hallelujah" (hallelujah) I know I ain't always ladylike But I know how to turn up on a Saturday night 'Cause I was baptized in the neon light I got a little bit of wrong in my raised right Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh My daddy taught me how to give More than I take, but don't take no shit I flip that switch, call me crazy if you wanna But y'all never met my mama I'm a little bit of whiskey in my sweet tea I'm a little bit of city in my country A little "hell yeah" in my "hallelujah" (hallelujah) I know I ain't always ladylike But I know how to turn up on a Saturday night 'Cause I was baptized in the neon light I got a little bit of wrong in my raised right (I was raised right, I was raised right) (I was raised right, raised right) (I was raised right, I was raised right) (I was raised right, raised right) I'm a little bit of whiskey in my sweet tea I'm a little bit of city in my country I'm a little bit of whiskey in my sweet tea (in my sweet tea) I'm a little bit of city in my country (in my country) A little "hell yeah" in my "hallelujah" (hallelujah) I know I ain't always ladylike But I know how to turn up on a Saturday night 'Cause I was baptized in the neon light I got a little bit of wrong in my raised right (I got a little bit of wrong) yeah, in my raised right (Little bit of wrong) I got a little bit of wrong in my raised right (Got a little bit of wrong) (I got a little bit of wrong) in my raised right (oh, oh-oh-oh, oh) Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh

When Momma used my full name, I knew she meant business I learned to say, "Yes sir" from the first time that I didn't I've felt that bible belt and I know what soap tastes like I've done my share of wrong, but I was raised up right And I figured out that midnight ain't the same as 12:03 You can't go on a date when your Daddy's got your keys There's cocaine in your sock drawer will keep you home on Friday nights I've learned a lot the hard way, 'cause I was raised up right Raised up right like my Momma's hands in Sunday mornin' church Raised up right like my Daddy's can of beer right after work Like the flag over the court house every mornin' at sunrise I was raised up right That Zebco taught me patience, castin' from the bank And I learned what country music was when Grandpa played me, Hank A handshake don't mean nothin' if you don't look 'em in the eye Hard work will make a boy a man Yeah, I was raised up right Raised up right like my Momma's hands in Sunday mornin' church Raised up right like my Daddy's can of beer right after work Like the flag over the court house every mornin' at sunrise I was raised up right When they pulled me from that water on the day I got baptized I was raised up I was Raised up right like my Momma's hands in Sunday mornin' church Raised up right like my Daddy's can of beer right after work Like the flag over the court house every mornin' at sunrise I was raised up right I was raised up right I was raised, raised up right Raised up right

Locked away in seclusion Padded walls surround me Stop me from bruising myself Let me out, share the wealth Jammed up on the highway Ride the shoulder can't pull me over Adrenaline surging through my veins Seems to me they're all the same Too far gone (make me believe it, you can defeat it) Used all wrong (they're power addicts, and now they have it) Fall in line (do what they told ya, follow your orders) Call the right (right, yeah calling the right) Oh and enough is enough You play that hand I'll call your bluff Fake news can't fool all of mine Do you think Ill get out in time It's all a delusion Behind the scenes promote their screens You're losing yourself You're just a number on the shelf Too far gone (make me believe it, you can defeat it) Used all wrong (they're power addicts, and now they have it) Fall in line (do what they told ya, follow your orders) Call the right (right, yeah calling the right) Too far gone (make me believe it, you can defeat it) Used all wrong (they're power addicts, and now they have it) Fall in line (do what they told ya, follow your orders) Call the right (right, yeah calling the right) Calling the right, yeah, calling the right

Red Pants and the Sugarman in the Temple Street gloom Drinkin' Chivas Regal in a four dollar room Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night Sugarman says, "Baby, everything's alright" Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown Montclaire de Havelin doin' the St.Vitus dance Lookin' for someone to chop the lumber in his pants How am I gonna unload all this ice and all this mink? All the traffic in the streets but it's so hard to think Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown Frankie wearin' lipstick, Pierre Cardin I swear to God, I seen him holdin' hands with Jimmy Bond Sally's high on crank and hungry for some sweets Fem in the sheets but she butch in the streets Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown It's cool of the evening, the sun's goin' down Want to hold you in my arms, I want to push you around I want to break your bottle and spill out all your charms Come on baby, we'll set off all the burglar alarms Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown Red Pants and the Sugarman in the temple street gloom Are drinkin' Chivas Regal in a four dollar room Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night Red Pants turn to Sugarman and says, "Everything's alright" Goin' downtown, downtown, town Goin' down, downtown

Lonely, lonely, lonely Lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place, lonely Lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place I thought that I knew All that their was to lonely Lonely, lonely, lonely Melanie Jane won't feel the pain Lonely, lonely Lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place I thought that I knew All that their was to lonely Lonely, lonely Lonely eyes, lonely face Lonely, lonely in your place And I still love you I still love you Lonely, lonely

Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain With a little drop of poison in the red, red blood She need a way to turn around the bend She said, "I want to walk away and start over again" There are things I've done I can't erase I want to look in the mirror see another face I said, "never", but I'm doing it again I wanna walk away, start over again No more rain, no more roses I'm on my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond There's a winner in every place There's a heart that's beating in every page The beginning of it starts at the end When it's time to walk away and start over again Weather's murder at a hundred and three William Ray shot Corabell Lee A yellow dog knows when he has sinned You wanna walk away and start over again No more rain, no more roses I'm on my way, shaking my thirst in a cool, cool pond Cooper told Maui the whole block's gone They're dying for jewellery, money and clothes I always get out of the trouble I'm in I want to walk away, start over again I left my bible by the side of the road Carve my initials in an old dead tree I'm going away but I'm going to be back when It's time to walk away and start over again It's time to walk away and You gotta walk away, gotta walk away I just wanna walk away yeah, wanna walk away and start over again I wanna walk away, wanna walk away, wanna walk away, wanna walk away, I wanna walk away...