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
  
   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 got towed