You know, parents are the same, no time nor place They don't that us kids are gonna make some mistakes So tell you other all across the land There's no need to argue, parents just don't
I remember one year, my mom took me shoppin' It was me, my brother, my mom, oh my pop And my little sister all in the car We downtown to the Gallery Mall My mom buggin' with the clothes she chose I didn't say nothin' at first, I just up my nose She said, "What's wrong, the shirt twenty dollars" I said, "Mom, this shirt is plaid, with a collar"
The next half hour was the same old My mother buyin' me clothes from And then she her mind and did the ultimate I asked her for Adidas, and she me Zips! I said, "Mom, what are you You'll ruin my rep" She said, "You're only 16, you don't a rep yet" I said, "Mom, put these clothes back, please" She said, "No, you go to school to learn, not for a show"
I said, "This shinin' armor, c'mon mom, I'm not bousers Mom, please put back the bell bottom, Brady trousers" But if you don't to I can live with that, but You've put back the double-knit, reversible slacks
She with it, everything stayed the same Inevitably, the day of school came I thought I could get over, I tried to sick But my mom said, "No, no way, uh-uh, it" There was nothin' I do, I tried to relax I got dressed up in those artifacts And when I in to school, it was just as I thought The were crackin' up, laughin' at the clothes mom bought
And those who weren't still had a ball they were pointing and whistling as I walked down the hall I got and told my mom how my day went She said, "If they were you don't need 'em 'Cuz they're not friends" For the next six hours I tried to to my mom I was gonna have to go to just about 200 more times So tell you kids all across the land There's no need to argue, just don't understand
Okay, the situation My parents away on a week's vacation And, they left the keys to the new Porsche Do mind? Mmm, well, of course not! I'll just take it for a spin And maybe show it off to a couple of I'll just cruise it the neighborhood Well, maybe I shouldn't, yeah! Of I should!
Pay attention, here's the thick of the I pulled up to the corner at the end of my And that's when I saw this girly-girl walkin' I picked up my car to perpetrate like I was talkin' You shoulda this girls bodily dimensions I my horn, just to get her attention She said, "Was for me?" I said, "Yeah" She said, "Why?" I said, "Come on and take a ride a hell of a guy"
She said, "How do I know you're not You be some deranged lunatic" I said, "Come on, toots, my name is the Besides, would a lunatic have a Porsche this?" She agreed, and we on our way She was lookin' good, so I was I, I must say, word! We hit McDonalds, pulled up to the We ordered two Big Macs, and two large and Cokes
She kicked her shoes off onto the She said, "Drive fast, speed me on" She put her hand on my knee, I put my on the gas We almost got whiplash, we took off so The sun was open, the music was high And girl's hand was thoroughly moving up my thigh She had opened up buttons on her shirt so far I guess why I didn't notice that police car
doin' ninety in my mom's new Porsche And to make this long short, short When the cop me over, I was scared as hell I said, "I don't have a license, but I drive well, officer" I almost had a heart-attack day Come to out the girl was a 12 year old runaway I was arrested, the car was There was no way for me to avoid being
My parents had to come off from and get me I'd rather be in jail, to have my father hit me My parents walked in and I got my I said, "Uh mom, dad, how was trip?" They didn't speak, I said, "I play my case" But my just shoved me in the car by my face That was a hard ride home, I know how I survived it They took turns, one would beat me the other was drivin'
I can't it! I just made a mistake Well, parents are the same, no matter nor place So you other kids all across the land Take it from me, parents just understand