KNOWING AND LEARNING

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN APPROACHING THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
DAD LED ME ON OUT TO THE PORCH AND SAIS, "SON HAVE A SEAT"
WELL THERE'S MORE TO THIS LIVING THAN LEARNING THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
I CAN SAVE YOU SOME TROUBLE IF YOU WILL JUST LISTEN TO ME

CHORUS
WELL FIND A GOOD WOMAN AND BE A GOOD HUSBAND AS WELL
OR YOU'RE SURE TO DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
A GOOD WASTE OF WORDS IS NOT HAVING A GOOD WORD TO SAY
AH BUT KNOWING AND LEARNING ARE AS DIFFERENT AS THE NIGHT AND THE DAY


WELL YOU REMEMBER THAT WOODS BOY THAT LIVED OUT ON SHADY GROVE LANE
HE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU LET YOU MIND STRAY
HE'S WAS DRUNK ON THE HIGHWAY PLAYIN' SOME FOOLISH DAMN GAME
HE FOUND THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WAS A NORTHERN BOUND TRAIN


CHORUS
DONT SMOKE ANYTHING THAT GIVES OFF A PECULIAR SMELL
IT'D JUST KILL YOUR MOTHER IF YOU WERE TO WIND UP IN JAIL
DON'T BLAME HARD LUCK FOR TROUBLE, AS A WAY TO AVOID YOUR MISTAKES
OH BUT KNOWING AND LEARNING ARE AS DIFFERENT AS THE NIGHT AND THE DAY
OH BUT KNOWING AND LEARNING ARE AS DIFFERENT AS THE NIGHT AND THE DAY


JIM WILSON
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