Lyric Why Can t People Just Get Along

(David Lee Murphy/Minnie Pearl)

Well they took me home in the back of a checker cab
After somebody took a chair cross the back of my head
My mama said bring him on in
And when they told her where I d been she said
Why can t people just get along

Well mama never said a word as she patched my head
I figured she wasn t happy with me gettin her out of bed
I said mama I hope you ain t mad
She said come on we re going back hey
Why can t people just get along

Why can t people just get along
What a world it would be
If we could all just have fun
Cause it don t do nobody right
When it comes down to a fight hey
Why can t people just get along

Now when I got trouble ain t no one I d rather have
Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand
She went in swingin and when she got through
Everybody saw her point of view she said
Why can t people just get along

Why can t people just get along
What a world it would be
If we could all just have fun
Cause it don t do nobody right
When it comes down to a fight hey
Why can t people just get along

Well now things don t always run smooth in a honky tonk
And some nights somebody s gonna rub somebody wrong
And in those isolated incidents
We all loose our common sense hey
Why can t people just get along

Why can t people just get along
What a world it would be
If we could all just have fun
Cause it don t do nobody right
When it comes down to a fight hey
Why can t people just get along