Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Outfit , by - Drive-By Truckers. Release date: 01.04.2011
Song language: English
Outfit |
| You want to grow up to paint houses like me |
| A trailer in my yard till you’re twenty-three |
| You want to 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 One in green |
| Me and your momma 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 forgot |
| I’ll lay it out real nice and slow |
| Don’t call what you’re wearing an outfit |
| Don’t ever say your car is broke |
| Don’t worry about losing your accent |
| A Southern man tells better jokes |
| Have fun, but 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 |
| Five years in a St. Florian foundry, |
| They call it Industrial Park |
| Then hospital maintenance and Tech School |
| Just to memorize Frigidaire parts |
| But I got to missing your momma |
| And I got to missing you too |
| And 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 wealthy-man's paint |
| Don’t call what you’re wearing an outfit |
| Don’t ever say your car is broke |
| Don’t sing with a fake British accent |
| Don’t act like your family’s a joke |
| Have fun, but stay clear of the needle |
| Call home on your sister’s birthday |
| Don’t tell them you’re bigger than Jesus, don’t give it away |
| Don’t give it away |