As a young boy my mama used to make me walk the line   But even then as now, women were a weakness of mine   In grade school I was a mess just pullin' up some little girl's dress   Teacher would send me home from school, what a witch   Mama'd say, bad boy, go get me that switch      Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   Just for stayin' out all night   Mama you can't give me no whippin'   I'm old enough to know wrong from right      Mama, you can't turn me over your knee   It's embarrassing to a man like me   Mama, I think that I've got something that the girls like   Mama, I think I might have something that the girls like      I guess, I was about thirteen when this feeling came over me   I started learnin' how to talk the girls out of their virginity   I'd sneak 'em out into the light of the moon   Slip 'em up into my bedroom, mama'd catch us without a stitch   She'd say, bad boy, go get me that switch      Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   Just for stayin' out all night   Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   I'm old enough to know wrong from right      Mama, you can't turn me over your knee   It's embarrassing to a man like me   Mama, I think that I've got something that the girls like   Mama, I think I might have something that the girls like      I remember celebratin' my eighteenth birthday   I started out on the town in the evening and I heard mama say   Boy, don't you be late, I rolled in about 4 a.m., didn't know   Where I was, where I'd been, rested mama with a belt in her hand   I said, hey, mama, your boy's a man      Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   Just for stayin' out all night   Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   I'm old enough to know wrong from right      Mama, you can't turn me over your knee   It's embarrassing to a man like me   Mama, I think that I've got something that the girls like   Mama, I think I might have something that the girls like      Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   Just for stayin' out all night   Mama, you can't give me no whippin'   I'm old enough to know wrong from right