Five kids in a mobile homeAnd her daddy, all he does is runWe got the diner, got bills to payShe sees the sunrise every dayWhite rocks in her front yardShotgun always on guardShe's got a neighbor to depend onThey lost a leg back in VietnamShe's got a past that's creepin' roundSniffin' round like a bloodhoundThey got those bombs upThey got those bombs upIn the yardDelta lock, that's sort of goneMama told me that I learned from the westThe prices that I paidAnd the travels that I madeCome onMama said you gotta make itCome onPapa said you gotta take itI learned from your daddy right before he wentAnd I gotta chase that lightningAboard that thunderCome onMama said you gotta make itCome onPapa said you gotta take itAnd I gotta save the worldAnd I gotta save the worldBut I never didBut, I'll never take itBut, I might take itByeHer head's on a swivel nowDressed up real high proudShe's drunk way before it hits fiveHides a pistol in her beehiveAt the Driscoll lobby barSingin' songs with a guitarHer head's on a swivel nowShe keeps one eye on a hand and the other on every manMy mama told me you gotta learn from the westThe prices that I paid and the travels that I madeCome on, mama said you gotta make itCome on, papa said you gotta take itLearn from your daddy right before he went underGotta chase that lightning, avoid death underCome on, mama said you gotta make itCome on, papa said you gotta take itPines a mark and makes a movePulls a pistol out and drops a gunDrinks some booze, takes them for everything you haveBills are paid, not feeling badMy mama told me you gotta learn from the westThe prices that I paid and the travels that I madeCome on, mama said you gotta make itCome on, papa said you gotta take itLearn from your daddy right before he went underGotta chase that lightning, avoid death underCome on, mama said you gotta make itCome on, mama said you gotta make itCome on, mama said you gotta take ityou