Walk tall...

Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye
That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high
She said son, be a proud man and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye

All through the years that I grew up, ma taught these things to me
But I was young and foolish then and much too blind to see
I ignored the things she said as if I`d never heard
Now I see and understand the wisdom of her words

Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye
That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high
She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye

I started goin` places where the youngsters shouldn`t go
I got to know the kind of girls it`s better not to know
I fell in with a bad crowd and laughed and drank with them
Through the laughter mama`s words would echo now and then

Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye
That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high
She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye

I got in trouble with the law and I`m in prison now
Through these prison bars I see things so much different now
I`ve got one year left to serve and when my time is done
I`ll walk tall and straight and make ma proud to call me son

Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye
That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high
She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in