Jacky Don Tucker was my daddy's little brother
  And at seventeen he jumped the fence
  He joined a rock 'n' roll band, got a tattoo on his hand
  Granny said he never had a lick of sense
  'Cause by the time he turned seven he was a stealin' watermelons
  Playin' house with the girl next door
  Drinkin' muscadine wine by the time he was nine
  Sneakin' out and smokin' cigarettes under the porch
    He was a melon stealin'
  Cop-a-feelin'
  Daredevil fool
  A do-it-anywayin'
  Playin' hooky from school
  A water tower poet class of '73
  He'd say by God you better know it if you're runnin' with me
  'Cause I'm skinny dippin' finger flippin' son of a gun
  Play by the rules
  You're gonna miss all the fun
    He was always drag racin' and he kept the sheriff chasin'
  But they never caught ole Jacky Don
  'Cause he was nobody's fool, the definition of cool
  He even cut a donut on the courthouse lawn
  He created quite a scandal that the locals couldn't handle
  When he took up with the preacher's baby girl
  They bought a new double wide and on their wedding night
  Aunt Jenny went to rockin'
  Uncle Jacky Don's world
    He was a melon stealin'
  Cop-a-feelin'
  Daredevil fool
  A do-it-anywayin'
  Playin' hooky from school
  A water tower poet class of '73
  He'd say by God you better know it if you're runnin' with me
  'Cause I'm skinny dippin' finger flippin' son of a gun
  Play by the rules
  You're gonna miss all the fun
    He was a melon stealin'
  Cop-a-feelin'
  Daredevil fool
  A do-it-anywayin'
  Playin' hooky from school
  A water tower poet class of '73
  He'd say by God you better know it if you're runnin' with me
  'Cause I'm skinny dippin' finger flippin' son of a gun
  Play by the rules
  You're gonna miss all the fun
    Play by the rules
  You're gonna miss all the fun