Daddy Said

Daddy said to stay out of those juke joints

I'll see things I don't need to see

There's no good to be found in a bottle

Or dancing with boys that I meet

Don't waste your money on that ol' song box

It'll break more than your heart

You know gamblin's set up for losers

The game ends before it starts

Daddy said to stay out of those honky tonks

Because all those satin bands play

Are songs as sad as cries under your feet

When those wooden floors creek and sway

He said your heart'll be broken like that first morning light

Your soul's gonna pray for relief

Don't seek healing powers to wash the slate clean

With the numb of the ice cold drink

Daddy sure tried to give me fair warning

There's only rain at the end of that 'bow

I guess I never was one to follow the rules

It don't hurt when nobody knows

He said stay out of those tin roofed shacks of want

A barrelhouse ain't got no class

Keep your eyes on the straight and narrow child

And keep that foot on the gas

Yea, Daddy said stay out of the Devil's den

I'll only find misery

But, Daddy, my Daddy ain't ever been me