Doin much better than my Daddy done
This ain’t so bad for a moonshiner’s son
I got my reasons, excuses none,
Cause I’m doin much better than my Daddy done
A damn sight better than my Daddy done

My Daddy died down on skid row
Well I quit drinkin years ago
He disappeared months at a time
While I stayed here and did my time
So I’m doin much better than my Daddy done

Doin much better than my Daddy done
This ain’t so bad for a moonshiner’s son
I got my reasons, excuses none,
Cause I’m doin much better than my Daddy done
A damn sight better than my Daddy done

My Daddy drank all he could earn
So I swore when I got my turn
That I’d bleed and sweat for an honest wage,
So I picked cotton, I dug graves
Just to do much better than my Daddy done

Doin much better than my Daddy done
This ain’t so bad for a moonshiner’s son
I never quit till the work was done
And I’m doin much better than my Daddy done
A damn sight better than my Daddy done

One day, son, when you are grown
And you’ve got children of your own
You’ll see I done the best I could
And you’ll do what a real man should
And you’ll do much better than your Daddy done

Doin much better than my Daddy done
This ain’t so bad for a moonshiner’s son
You’d say if you’d seen where I come from
That I’m doin much better than my Daddy done
A damn sight better than my Daddy done