When you grow up
Livin' like a good boy oughta

And your mama
Takes a shine to her best son
Something different

All the girls they seem to like you
Cause you're handsome
Like to talk and a whole lot of fun


But now your girl's gone a missin'
And your house has got an empty bed

The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
They won't listen to a word you said


[Chorus]
Gonna take your mama out all night
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about

We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
We'll let the good times all roll out
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad

We're gonna sing along no matter what
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
If you tip 'em and they make a cut


Do it
Take your mama out all night

So she'll have no doubt
That we're doing oh the best we can
We're gonna do it

Take your mama out all night
You can stay up late
'cause baby you're a full grown man


It's a struggle
Livin' like a good boy oughta

In the summer
Watchin' all the girls pass by
When your mama

Heard the way that you'd been talking
I tried to tell you
That all she'd wanna do is cry


Now we end up takin' the long way home
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne

It's so hard to see streets on a country road
When your glasses in the garbage
And your Continental's just been towed


[Repeat Chorus x2]