Your mama used to worry about that big muddy river
Honey do your remember?
You let the screen door slam when you stepped off the front porch

Then your mama calling don't be late
And I'd hear your daddy holler "Son she's my only daughter"
You'd stick your nose in the honeysuckle down by the gate

I could still hear your mama calling "don't go near the water"

We fell right in

Went over our head
But we didn't go near the water
Nothing beats the young and sweet

And the nights got hotter and hotter
We were sure enough getting our feet wet mama
But we didn't go near the water


We'd hear the rocking chair squeaking
As you sneaked up the back stairs

Mama waiting like a grizzly bear
Had to get the honeysuckle out of your hair
But in the morning light

You'd look her right in the eye
It wasn't a lie
We didn't go near the water


We fell right in
Went over our head

But we didn't go near the water
Nothing beats the young and sweet
And the nights got hotter and hotter

We were sure enough getting our feet wet mama
But we didn't go near the water


Your mama used to worry about that big muddy river
She should've worried about me


'Cause we were sure enough getting our feet wet mama
But we didn't go near the water
Didn't go near the water

Didn't go near the water yeah