Out Behind the Barn

My pappy used to tan my hide

Out behind the barn

He taught me to be dignified

Out behind the barn

When he took his strap to me

And turned me down across his knee

He sure did hurt my dignity

Out behind the barn

I smoked my first cigarette

Out behind the barn

And that's one day I won't forget

Out behind the barn

I got sick, you should have seen

How that tobacco turned me green

I almost died from nicotine

Out behind the barn

I got my education out behind the barn

I ain't a foolin', no siree

Passed each examination out behind the barn

But it almost made a wreck out of me

I met a pretty girl one day

Out behind the barn

She wanted me to stay and play

Out behind the barn

She taught me to kiss and pet

That's a game I can't forget

'Cause we still play that same game yet

Out behind the barn

I wish that I could go again

Out behind the barn

And do some things that I did then

Out behind the barn

Now you may think it ain't no fun

To be a poor old farmer's son

You just don't know what all I've done

Out behind the barn

I got my education out behind the barn

I ain't a foolin', no siree

Passed each examination out behind the barn

But it almost made a wreck out of me