Bad Habits
--words and music by Michael Stanley

from "Friends & Legends", 1973, MCA Records



Fourteen years and heading into April
  Mary Lou tired of sixteen, looking more
Daddy and me out working the back forty
  Little did I know what was in store
Daddy said its time you were a man now
  You're as tired as I was about same...

	Mary Lou took the time to make me
	Daddy took the time to break me
	Of my bad habits
	Of my bad habits

Come July and things were getting warmer
  Me and Mary Lou just getting it on
Learning things I never heard in school now
  Sneaking 'round and staying out until dawn
Mama wondering what's got in baby
  Daddy scowling at his little man...

	Mary Lou took the time to make me
	Daddy took the time to break me
	Of my bad habits (oh yeah)
	Bad habits
	Bad habits

All this time and Daddy's getting madder
  Seems just like my work is never done
Mama keeps complainin' about prowlers
  And Daddy smiles says not to worry none
That night as I'm sneaking towards my sweetheart
  Daddy's shotgun rocksalt sets me straight

	Mary Lou took the time to make me
	Daddy took the time to break me
	Of my bad habits

	Aww Mary Lou took the time to make me
	Daddy took the time to break me
	Of my bad habits

	Aww Mary Lou took the time to make me
	Daddy took the time to break me
	Of my bad habits

	Of my bad habits
	I love them bad habits
	Gotta get some 
	Bad habits
	
		(He's got bad habits) bad habits
		(He's got bad habits) bad habits
		(He's got bad habits)
		(He's got bad habits) I got to have them
		(Yes he has bad habits)
		(Yes he has bad habits)

		to fade