Up to No Damn Good

You pulled off of 75 that Saturday morning

Back when a gallon of gas was only runnin at a buck ninety-nine

Flip-flops Ray-Bans

Minnesota sun tan

Like a little piece of lady luck

That cherry red truck rolled up to the pump next to mine

That's right

I said, "Baby, where you headed 'cause this

Weather's looking too good for wasting"

You just threw me a smile, the kind of look that I could understand

I said, "Sun is shining, jump in baby, thinkin you

Should let me take you to a little place I know"

Shot down an old back road until those firestones hit the sand

That's where it all began

I was like

What we gonna tell your mama, baby?

What you gonna say to your friends?

I ain't met your dad, but for the time we've had

He'll probably wanna beat my ass

For all that skinny dippin and moonshine kissin, honey

Livin in the Great Northwoods

Tell me how you gonna tell 'em you've been up to no damn good

You told me you ain't ever seen a sun setting over the water

That you only ever watched it from a window of some old high rise

Never had the tailgate down, empty bottle of Crown

Rollin 'round in the back of the bed

I said, "Baby, that's the difference

Between living and just being alive"

So when they finally get you on the line

Tell me

What we gonna tell your mama, baby?

What you gonna say to your friends?

I ain't met your dad, but for the time we've had

He'll probably wanna beat my ass

For all that skinny dippin and moonshine kissin, honey

Livin in the Great Northwoods

Tell me how you gonna tell 'em you've been up to no damn good

They're probably worried sick about their little girl

Out beyond the city limit signs

Daddy's pacing the floor, he's praying up to the Lord

While you're having you a hell of a time

So what we gonna tell your mama, baby?

What you gonna say to your friends?

I ain't met your dad, but for the time we've had

He'll probably wanna beat my ass

For all that skinny dippin and moonshine kissin, honey

Livin in the Great Northwoods

Tell me how you gonna tell 'em you've been up to no damn good

You've been up to no damn good girl

We gotta tell 'em something