Mama's Lessons

[Intro} When I was just a little boy Mama taught me to be a man She said don't you cry That shit won't fly In my house it just won't stand [Verse] When I skinned my knee at three She stared me in the eye She wrapped my knee without a word Then she saw me start to cry [Interlude] That hand hit me upside the head how fast I couldn't say But then I heard these very words And I live by them today [Chorus] Don't you ever let them see you cry You'll end up with a blackened eye Don't you ever show them weakness Or that's the way that you'll die [Verse 3] I remember longlining cod On a little boat in Alaska This stubborn futher mucker he was a lowdown dirty bastard He caught his hand on a longline hook it went through the crucifier He wrapped it up and back to work I tell the truth. I ain't no liar [Chorus 2] His Daddy taught him don't you cry Or you'll end up with a blackened eye Don't you ever show them weakness Cause that's the way that you'll die [Interlude] That hand hit me upside the head how fast I couldn't say But then I heard these very words And I live by them today [Chorus] Don't you ever let them see you cry You'll end up with a blackened eye Don't you ever show them weakness 'Cause that's the way that you'll die [Musical Interlude] [Verse] I remember longlining cod On a little boat in Alaska This stubborn futher mucker he was a lowdown dirty bastard He caught his hand on a longline hook it went through the crucifier He wrapped it up and back to work I tell the truth. I ain't no liar [Chorus] His Daddy taught him don't you cry Or you'll end up with a blackened eye Don't you ever show them weakness Cause that's the way that you'll die. [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge] I saw him three years later He was missing his left hand Gangrene had set in so mean But he was still a man [Chorus 3] If you ever have a little boy Make sure that you teach him well If he ever cries God will see him And send him straight to hell