v1 I swear it wasn't my fault must have been the bottle of single-malt and what's a poor country boy to do with a car full of honeys and a full moon? a true victim of circumstance they were wearing tank tops man I had no chance like to tell you 'bout where I've been but don't tell mama 'bout the mess I'm in v2 Dark night, brown dodge hit 5th gear by the old Elk's Lodge it was gettin hard to stear with a hand on my lap and a whisper in my ear there goes a mailbox just ran out of blacktop almost took out an old grain bin but don't tell mama 'bout the mess I'm in (chorus 1) Guess we took it just a little too far sippin' whiskey from an old glass jar and gettin' crazy way out in the sticks it don't matter how old you are man we all got to get our kicks v3 got to the lake, took off my boots hit the water in my birthday suit I was in good company with all our clothes still hanging from a tree all at once the sky turned red there was two police cars and farmer Ted we ran off with our tails in the wind but don't tell mama 'bout the mess I'm in (chorus 2) Guess we took it just a little too far sippin' whiskey from an old glass jar but you know some things just don't turn out like you plan and now we're all buck-naked runnin' from the man.