You Don't Know Nothin' Lyrics

My papa taught me all that he knew

To eat all my peas and tie up my shoes.

He taught me to work hard and pay all my bills

To watch what I drink and to stay off the pills

He taught me to fight for my rights as a man

To work hard in school and learn what I can

To learn right from wrong and take a firm stand

He taught me all that he knew

As I grew older he took me aside

To tell me words that I live as my guide

He said I taught you all that I knew

And you know that I wasn't bluffin',

But I can say, in my own way

You really don't know nothin'

Now Papa taught me all he knew

Bout the birds and the bees and the rest of the zoo

He taught me bout life and everything

But I taught myself how to sing

And even though I learned all that he said

In the world where we live, you make your own bed

You bind your own wounds and you feed what needs fed

But you still don't know nothin'

I still remember when he took me aside

He told me words that I live as my guide

He said I taught you all that I knew

And you know that I wasn't bluffin',

But I can say, in my own way

You really don't know nothin'

Papa got the irony of teaching me

What he'd learned the hard way and knowing it's not enough

That when your life is getting tough, only life can teach you stuff

that papa taught in his own way

I still remember when he took me aside

He told me words that I live as my guide

He said I taught you all that I knew

And you know that I wasn't bluffin'

But I can say, in my own way

You really don't know nothin'