Turned My Head Around

When I was very young my daddy took me on his knee "Son, there's some things I wanna learn ya Before you get away from me" "Don't let nobody boss you much And keep your money clean Treat a woman like a lady And your lady like a queen" But I didn't know what he was talking about I didn't know what he was trying to say 'Til I got out in this mean old world And you can turn my head around the other way When I was eighteen a lady picked me up From off of the street She put a new suit on my back And new boots on my feet I said, "Thank you, kind lady. What do you want in return?" She said, "Young man, put yourself in my hands And you're damn sure gonna learn" But I didn't know what she was talking about I didn't know what she was trying to say 'Til she took me in the back room And she turned my head around the other way Right along about this time The story is rather sad It was about the time that I turned 21 I thought that I was bad Then I cussed out this old man Down here in the beer joint late one night He said, "Son, if you wanna talk you talk But if you wanna fight, let's fight" But I didn't know what he was talking about I didn't know what he was trying to say 'Til he took me out in the parking lot And he turned my head around the other way 'Til he took me out in the parking lot He turned my head around the other way