[Verse 1]

Open the windows and close the curtains

A glass of wine and a bottle of bourbon I ride

Yeah my head is so tired

My constitution is strong and I'm in my prime

At the height of my sermon I'll burn like a leaf

Like a leaf in that old pipe

[Chorus]

I don’t need your father

Yeah I'm my own man

I don’t bamboozle baby

I got no snakes in hand

You ain’t your mother’s daughter

You got two legs to stand

I don’t bamboozle baby

I got no snakes in hand

No snakes in hand

[Verse 2]

Oscillate to the beat I can twist on a dime

Chase some loving and I'll die at twenty-five

The girls are inside just talking dresses

The boys are outside just making messes

Bless your heart Josephine, you're the only skirt I see

[Chorus]

I don’t need your father

Yeah I'm my own man

I don’t bamboozle baby

I got no snakes in hand

(I got no snakes in hand)

You ain’t your mother’s daughter

You got two legs to stand

I don’t bamboozle baby

I got no snakes in hand

[Break]

I got no snakes in hand

[Chorus]

I don’t need your father

Yeah I'm my own man

I don’t bamboozle baby

I got no snakes in hand

(I got no snakes in hand)

You ain’t your mother’s daughter

You got two legs to stand

I don’t bamboozle baby

I got no snakes in hand

(I got no snakes in hand)