[Verse 1]
Everybody oughta learn to ride a ten-speed
Take a curve too fast, get their first skinned knee
Everybody oughta wet a line in the creek with their granddaddy
Everybody oughta catch a red set sun
Drink a stole warm beer 'fore they turn twenty one
Everybody oughta make a spring break run with eighteen dollars

[Chorus]
Everybody oughta work a summer job
Pour some whiskey in a glass
Keep a well-hid coffee can full of cash
Steal a long kiss in a downpour rain
Call an old friend, catch up on the old days
Make a little noise, smoke ’em if you got 'em
Laugh 'til it hurts, tell somebody that you lovе ’em
I ain't sayin' that everybody's gotta
But man, еverybody oughta

[Verse 2]
Everybody oughta have a broken heart
Learn that love ain't just a walk in the park
Everybody oughta carve their names in the bark of an old oak tree
Yeah, everybody oughta have a take-ya-back song
A house where the porch light's always on
Everybody oughta have a real good dog with their name on the collar
[Chorus]
Yeah, everybody oughta work a summer job
Pour some whiskey in a glass
Keep a well-hid coffee can full of cash
Steal a long kiss in a downpour rain
Call an old friend, catch up on the old days
Make a little noise, smoke 'em if you got 'em
Laugh ’til it hurts, tell somebody that you love ’em
I ain't sayin’ that everybody's gotta
But man, everybody oughta

[Bridge]
Read a little good book word
Know when to walk a straight line
When everybody else swerves

[Chorus]
Work a summer job
Pour some whiskey in a glass
Keep a well-hid coffee can full of cash
Steal a long kiss in a downpour rain
Call an old friend, catch up on the old days
Make a little noise, smoke 'em if you got 'em
Laugh ’til it hurts, tell somebody that you love 'em
I ain't sayin' that everybody's gotta
But man, everybody oughta
[Outro]
Yeah, everybody oughta
I ain't sayin' that you gotta
But man, everybody oughta