Don't drink whiskey on an empty stomach
Don't go dancing with a broken heart
Don't go thinking that true love's a waitin'
In the back seat of some boy's car
Don't let dust settle on your Bible
Don't pierce nothing 'til you think it through
Do your best to learn your lesson
From the trouble that you get into
Oh girl, take it from your mama
I sure wish I took it from mine
Someday soon you're gonna wanna
See how far you can bend that line
Heaven help you, I'm the one
That you'll get you wild side from
The shell don't fall from the gun
So do as I say, not as I've done
I've learned that you can't take back tattoos
Found out cigarettes are hard to quit
I've done a lot of things so you don't have to
Make the same mistakes I did
Oh girl, take it from your mama
I sure wish I took it from mine
Someday soon you're gonna wanna
See how far you can bend that line
Heaven help you, I'm the one
That you'll get you wild side from
The shell don't fall from the gun
So do as I say, not as I've done
Ooh
Yeah, you're gonna think I'm crazy
Ah, but someday you're thank me
When you have one of you own
Oh girl, take it from your mama
Sure wish I took it from mine
Someday soon you're gonna wanna
See how far you can bend that line
Heaven help you, I'm the one
That you'll get you wild side from
The shell don't fall from the gun
So do as I say
Oh, do as I say, not as I've done