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When you grow 

up
              
Livin' like a 

         
good boy ought

a
         
And your mama
              
Takes a shine 

            
to her best so

n

Something different
              
All the girls,

              
 they seem to 


like you
             
Cause you're h


andsome,
              
Like to talk, 

              
and a whole lo

     
t of fun


             
But now your g


irl's gone a m

issin'
            
And your house

              
 has got an em

    
pty bed
             
The folks'll w


onder 'bout th

e wedding
            
They won't lis

              
ten to a word 

    
you said


      
Gonna take you

r mama out all

 night
      
Yeah, we'll sh

ow her what it

's all about
              
We'll get her 


jacked up on s

ome cheap cham

pagne
              
We'll let the 


good times all

 roll out
           
And if the mus

ic ain't good,

 well it's jus

t too bad
            
We're gonna si

ng along no ma

tter what
             
Because the da


ncers don't mi

nd 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 doi

              
ng all the bes

     
t we can

Gonna do it
              
Take your mama

 
 out all night
        
You can stay u

p late
              
'cause baby yo

              
u're a full gr

    
own man

   



It's a struggl

e
              
Livin' like a 

         
good boy ought

a
       
In the summer
              
Watchin' all t

              
he girls pass 


by
          
When your mama
              
Heard the way 

              
that you'd bee

  
n talking
           
I tried to tel

l you
              
That all she'd

             
 wanna do is c


ry


       
Now we end up 

takin' the lon

g way home
            
Lookin' overdr

              
essed wearin' 

              
buckets of sta

   
le cologne
        
It's so hard t

o see streets 

on a country r

oad
          
When your glas

ses in the gar

bage
              
And your Conti

              
nental's just 

     
been towed


      
Gonna take you

r mama out all

 night
      
Yeah, we'll sh

ow her what it

's all about
              
We'll get her 


jacked up on s

ome cheap cham

pagne
              
We'll let the 


good times all

 roll out
           
And if the mus

ic ain't good,

 well it's jus

t too bad
            
We're gonna si

ng along no ma

tter what
             
Because the da


ncers don't mi

nd 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 doi

              
ng all the bes

     
t we can

Gonna do it
              
Take your mama

 
 out all night
        
You can stay u

p late
              
'cause baby yo

              
u're a full gr

    
own man

(then repeat that part ^)