Lyrics:

When I was very young my daddy took me on his knee
'Son, there's some things I want to learn you
Before you get away from me'
'Don't let nobody boss you much
And keep your money clean
Treat a woman like a lady
And your lady like a queen'
But I didn't know what he was talking about
I didn't know what he was trying to say
Until I got out in this mean old world
And you can turn my head around the other way
When I was eighteen a lady picked me up
From off of the street
She put a new suit on my back
And new boots on my feet
I said, 'Thank you, kind lady
What do you want in return?'
She said, 'Young man, put yourself in my hands
And you're damn sure going to learn'
But I didn't know what she was talking about
I didn't know what she was trying to say
Until she took me in the back room
And she turned my head around the other way
Right along about this time
The story is rather sad
It was about the time that I turned 21
I thought that I was bad
Then I cussed out this old man
Down here in the beer joint late one night
He said, 'Son, if you want to talk you talk
But if you want to fight, let's fight'
But I didn't know what he was talking about
I didn't know what he was trying to say
Until he took me out in the parking lot
And he turned my head around the other way

Until he took me out in the parking lot
He turned my head around the other way