Everybody knows
There's rules to this game
I have to wait right here

For him to come and ask my name

And I'm supposed to tell him

I like to take things slow
But when he buys me a drink
I'm not supposed to say no


There's so many rules you've got to follow
To be a Sunday morning and a Friday night

Don't be too loose, but don't be uptight
Bite our tongues when you can't say nothing nice
You don't talk too loud, you don't drink too much

Don't smoke, don't fight, don't (*##$, don't cuss
What if I don't want to mind my manners
Yeah, I'm fed up with these damned ole double standards


When you're out to dinner
You don't offer to buy

And when you're at a party
You don't talk to another guy


And when his mama
Has too much of a say-so
You might get a little jealous

But you just can't let it show

There's so many rules you've got to follow

To be a Sunday morning and a Friday night
Don't be too loose, but don't be uptight
Bite our tongues when you can't say nothing nice

You don't talk too loud, you don't drink too much
Don't smoke, don't fight, don't (*##$, don't cuss
What if I don't want to mind my manners

Yeah, I'm fed up with these damned ole double standards

Well, it's hard trying to be good and bad at the same time

Yeah, even Johnny Cash would have a hard time walking that line

Of being a Sunday morning and a Friday night

Don't be too loose, but don't be uptight
Bite our tongues when you can't say nothing nice
Yeah, don't talk too loud, you don't drink too much

Don't smoke, don't fight, don't (*##$, don't cuss
What if I don't want to mind my manners
I said, hell no, you know I don't want to mind my manners

Yeah, I'm fed up with these damned ole double standards