Ways Of The World

When I was a kid I was a hard-headed pigtailed tomboy

I made mama crazy cause I wouldn’t wear dresses and bows

I played with boys and I liked tackle football

I shot snakes with my brother down at the fishing hole



I’d fantasize I was Evil Kineval

I built ramps jumped garbage cans broke my wrist bone

Picked blackberries in the summer reaching right thru snake's pit

Mama said girl slow down you’re accident prone



The best part of those days is I was carefree

Nobody telling me to act more like a girl

When you’re 10 years old it’s cute to be a tomboy

But in a couple of years, you gotta deal with the ways of the world



In the summer I’d cut grass to make a few bucks

I worked for Mr. Jones for years he called me son

I’d take his money and I’d say thank you kindly

He thought I was a boy I didn’t tell him I wasn’t one



The best part of those days is I was carefree

Nobody telling me to act more like a girl

When you’re 10 years old it’s cute to be a tomboy

But in a couple of years, you gotta deal with the ways of the world



Then came the time there was no getting out of it

They made me wear a dress to a wedding I was in

My brother laughed at my dress and I punched his lights out

The day was ruined and mama said never again



I saved up fifty dollars and bought a dirt bike

It lasted three days till mama took a heart attack

I never shoulda popped that wheelie with mama watching

I scared her half to death, she made me bring the damn thing back



Yeah the best part of those days is I was carefree

Nobody telling me to act more like a girl

When you’re 10 years old it’s cute to be a tomboy

But in a couple of years, you gotta deal with the ways of the world



The best part of those days is I was carefree

Nobody telling me to act more like a girl

When you’re 10 years old it’s cute to be a tomboy

But in a couple of years, you gotta deal with the ways of the world



In a couple of years, you gotta deal with ways of the world

In a couple of years, you gotta deal with ways of the world

In a couple of years, you gotta deal with ways of the world