Outfit Live by Drive-By Truckers Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You wanna grow up to paint houses like me
With a trailer in my yard 'til you're twenty-three
You wanna feel old after forty-two years
Keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears
Well, I used to go out in a Mustang
A 302 Mach 1 in green
'Til me and your mama made you in the back
And I sold it to buy her a ring
And I learned not to say much of nothing
So I figured you already know
But in case you don't, or maybe you forgot
I'll lay it out real nice and slow
[Chorus]
Don't call what you're wearing an outfit
Don't ever say your car is broke
And don't worry about losing your accent
'Cause a Southern man tells better jokes
Have fun and stay clear of the needle
Call homе on your sister's birthday
And don't tell 'em you'rе bigger than Jesus, don't give it away
Don't give it away
[Verse 2]
Five years in a St. Florian foundry
They called Industrial Park
And I did hospital maintenance, tech school
Just to memorize Frigidaire parts
But I got to missing your mama
And I got to missing you too
So I went back to painting for my old man
And I guess that's what I'll always do
So don't let 'em take who you are, boy
And don't try to be who you ain't
And don't let me catch you in Kendale
With a bucket of a wealthy man's paint
[Chorus]
And don't call what you're wearing an outfit
Don't ever say your car is broke
And don't sing with a fake British accent
And don't act like your family's a joke
Have fun and stay clear of the needle
Call home on your sister's birthday
Don't tell 'em you're bigger than Jesus, don't give it away
Don't give it away
[Outro]
Thank you
You wanna grow up to paint houses like me
With a trailer in my yard 'til you're twenty-three
You wanna feel old after forty-two years
Keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears
Well, I used to go out in a Mustang
A 302 Mach 1 in green
'Til me and your mama made you in the back
And I sold it to buy her a ring
And I learned not to say much of nothing
So I figured you already know
But in case you don't, or maybe you forgot
I'll lay it out real nice and slow
[Chorus]
Don't call what you're wearing an outfit
Don't ever say your car is broke
And don't worry about losing your accent
'Cause a Southern man tells better jokes
Have fun and stay clear of the needle
Call homе on your sister's birthday
And don't tell 'em you'rе bigger than Jesus, don't give it away
Don't give it away
[Verse 2]
Five years in a St. Florian foundry
They called Industrial Park
And I did hospital maintenance, tech school
Just to memorize Frigidaire parts
But I got to missing your mama
And I got to missing you too
So I went back to painting for my old man
And I guess that's what I'll always do
So don't let 'em take who you are, boy
And don't try to be who you ain't
And don't let me catch you in Kendale
With a bucket of a wealthy man's paint
[Chorus]
And don't call what you're wearing an outfit
Don't ever say your car is broke
And don't sing with a fake British accent
And don't act like your family's a joke
Have fun and stay clear of the needle
Call home on your sister's birthday
Don't tell 'em you're bigger than Jesus, don't give it away
Don't give it away
[Outro]
Thank you