A Lotta Shouldn't Oughta - Charles Esten

A long, damn time ago when I was a kid

I used to get in trouble for the things I did

And the things I’d say, and the bed I’d lay

And I’d pray for the day I’d be grown

'Cause that way I could do what I want

Never came true

'Cause everybody still tell me

This grown, ass man, what he can’t do

You shouldn’t oughta drink

You shouldn’t oughta smoke

You shouldn’t oughta tell that kind of joke

You shouldn’t oughta this

You shouldn’t oughta that

You shouldn’t need to think it as a matter of fact

You shouldn’t oughta drive this big, old truck

I shouldn’t oughta tell to ya', but your rules all suck

I don’t wanna, but I gotta

That’s a lotta, shouldn’t 'oughta

Excuse my mood, I ain’t a rude dude

And I don’t want my attitude misconstrued

But why you gotta tell me how I gotta behave?

It’s the land of the free, and the home of the brave

At least it used to be where I come from

And freedom ain’t a freedom

'Less you’re freedom means you’re free to be dumb

Here they come

You shouldn’t oughta drink

You shouldn’t oughta smoke

You shouldn’t oughta tell that kind of joke

You shouldn’t oughta this

You shouldn’t oughta that

You shouldn’t need to think it as a matter of fact

You shouldn’t oughta drive this big, old truck

I shouldn’t oughta tell to ya', but your rooms all suck

I don’t wanna, but I gotta

That’s a lotta, shouldn’t 'oughta

Oh, you shouldn’t oughta drink

You shouldn’t oughta smoke

You shouldn’t oughta tell that kind of joke

You shouldn’t oughta this

And you shouldn’t oughta that

You shouldn’t need to think it as a matter of fact

You shouldn’t oughta drive this big, old truck

I shouldn’t know to tell to ya', but your rules all suck

I don’t wanna, but I gotta

That’s a lotta, shouldn’t 'oughta

What’s a loud man, not a

That’s a lotta, shouldn’t 'oughta

Never mind