Yeah, Jacky Don Tucker was my daddy's little brother

And at seventeen he jumped the fence

He joined a rock and roll band, got a tattoo on his hand

Granny said he never had a lick of sense

Yeah, by the time he turned seven he was a stealing watermelons

Playing house with the girl next door

He was drinking muscadine wine by the time he was nine

He was sneaking out and smoking cigarettes under the porch

He's a melon stealing, cop-a-feeling, daredevil fool

A do-it-anywaying, playing hooky at school

A water tower poet class of '73

He'd say by God you better know it if you're running with me

I'm skinny dipping finger flipping son of a gun

Play by the rules, you're gonna miss all the fun

He was always drag racing and he kept the sheriff chasing

But they never caught ole Jacky Don

He was nobody's fool, the definition of cool

He even cut a donut on the courthouse lawn

And 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 started rocking Uncle Jacky Don's world

See he's a melon stealing, cop-a-feeling, daredevil fool

A do-it-anywaying, playing hooky at school

A water tower poet class of '73

He'd say by God you better know it if you're running with me

I'm skinny dipping finger flipping son of a gun

Play by the rules, you're gonna miss all the fun, boy

Yeah, he's a melon stealing, cop-a-feeling, daredevil fool

A do-it-anywaying, playing hooky at school

A water tower poet class of '73

He'd say by God you better know it if you're running with me

I'm skinny dipping finger flipping 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

That's all