Everybody oughta learn to ride a ten-speed
Take a curve too fast, get their first skinned knee
Everybody oughta wet a line in the creek with their granddaddy
Everybody oughta catch a red set sun
Drink a store-warm beer before they turn 21
Everybody oughta make a spring break run with 18 dollars
Everybody oughta
Work a summer job, pour some whiskey in a glass
Keep a well-hid coffee can full of cash
Steal a long kiss in a downpour rain
Call an old friend, catch up on the old days
And make a little noise, smoke em if you got em
Laugh til it hurts, tell somebody that you love em
I aint sayin that everybodys gotta
But man, everybody oughta
Everybody oughta have a broken heart
Learn that love aint just a walk in the park
Everybody oughta carve their names in the bark of an old oak tree
Yeah, everybody oughta have a take-it back song
A house where the porch lights always on
Everybody oughta have a real good dog with the name on the collar
Yeah, everybody oughta
Work a summer job, pour some whiskey in a glass
Keep a well-hid coffee can full of cash
Steal a long kiss in a downpour rain
Call an old friend, catch up on the old days
And make a little noise, smoke em if you got em
Laugh til it hurts, tell somebody that you love em
I aint sayin that everybodys gotta
But man, everybody oughta
Read a little good book word
Know when to walk a straight line
When everybody else swerves
Work a summer job, pour some whiskey in a glass
Keep a well-hid coffee can full of cash
Steal a long kiss in a downpour rain
Call an old friend, catch up on the old days
And make a little noise, smoke em if you got em
Laugh til it hurts, tell somebody that you love em
I aint sayin that everybodys gotta
But man, everybody oughta
Everybody oughta
I aint sayin that you gotta
But man, everybody oughta