Not As I've Done

Don't drink whiskey on an empty stomach

Don't go dancin' with a broken heart

Don't go thinkin' that true loves a-waitin'

In the back seat of some boy's car

Don't let dust settle on your Bible

Don't pierce nothin' till you think it through

Do your best to learn your lesson

From the trouble that you get into

Oh, girl

Take it from your momma

I sure wish I took it from mine

Someday soon you're gonna wanna

See how far you can bend that line

Heaven help you, I'm the one

That you'll get your wild side from

The shell don't fall far from the gun

So do as I say

Not as I've done

I've learned that you can't take back tattoos

Found out cigarettes are hard to quit

I've done a lot of things so you don't have to

Make the same mistakes I did

Oh, girl

Take it from your momma

I sure wish I took it from mine

Someday soon you're gonna wanna

See how far you can bend that line

Heaven help you, I'm the one

That you'll get your wild side from

The shell don't fall far from the gun

So do as I say

Not as I've done

Ooh

Yeah, you're gonna think I'm crazy

But one day you're gonna thank me

When you have one of your own

Oh, girl

Take it from your momma

Sure wish I took it from mine

Someday soon you're gonna wanna

See how far you can bend that line

Heaven help you, I'm the one

That you'll get your wild side from

The shell don't fall far from the gun

So do as I say

Oh, do as I say

Not as I've done