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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
[Chorus]
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
[Repeat Chorus x2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Repeat Chorus x2]
Lyrics submitted by trapezium
Track duration: 04:32
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"It's a struggle, livin' like a good boy oughta. In the summer, watching all the girls pass by"
It's hard to be "a good boy" and settle down in a relationship with 1 woman and get married. When there are so many women out there you just want to sleep with them all... There's nothing more heterosexual than that.
...And if you want to learn about gay people, take a class in human sexuality and make some gay friends already. Quit being so damn belligerent about your ignorance to their faces.
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"...but if anything, it's about a straight guy reassuring his mother that he loves her and that he's got the charm that she always claimed he had, despite failed attempts at getting on the road to making her grandchildren. There's nothing gay or straight about it."
I realize the contradiction after posting, please consider the first usage of the word 'straight' in that post to be omitted. so that it reads:
"...but if anything, it's about a guy reassuring his mother that he loves her and that he's got the charm that she always claimed he had, despite failed attempts at getting on the road to making her grandchildren. There's nothing gay or straight about it.
If you got something different out of the song, that's fine. But to say this is not about being gay is totally inaccurate. After all, the lead singer/songwriter is gay and most writers tend to stick with what they know when they're writing.
This is a gay song. And a wonderful song.
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"
and that goes to saying, hey mom im commin out of the closet, im gay i dont like girls, his friends are suporting him so they say hey we are gonna show her that it's gonna be ok, that being gay isnt the worst thing in the world that could happen and want her to accept it. The New Orleans is actually a very well known gay bar
Amazing song. :)
Yeah, the meaning is pretty clear.
Pretty much describes the gay guys I was friends with in high school, when we kinda knew they were gay but maybe weren't too sure.
And yeah, the line about the wedding is pretty clear too.
Brilliant song, brilliant band, LOVE THEM.
-linds