When it comes to hitchin' the boat up
 
 Backin' down the ramp in my old truck
 
 To find a bunch of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs
 
 Yeah, I wrote the book, yeah, I wrote the book
 
 
 If you wanna learn to throw a curve right
 
 Catch a clean up lookin' on a third strike
 
 Talk a little smack while he's walkin' back
 
 Yeah, I wrote the book
 
 
 But there's one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
 
 One that says don't cuss and don't fight
 
 Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
 
 But damn if I don't do it every Friday night
 
 Those get you into Heaven letters in red
 
 Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line
 
 I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say
 
 That's one book I didn't write
 
 
 I met a good girl, she had her life straight
 
 She said she loved that I was good at everything
 
 One day she left me in a cloud of dust
 
 'Cause I never was too good at pickin' up
 
 
 The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
 
 One that says don't cuss and don't fight
 
 Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
 
 But damn if I don't do it every Friday night
 
 Those get you into Heaven letters in red
 
 Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line
 
 I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say
 
 That's one book I didn't write
 
 
 Yeah, the good Lord knows I need it
 
 I didn't write it, but I probably oughta read it
 
 
 The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
 
 One that says don't cuss and don't fight
 
 Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
 
 But damn if I don't do it every Friday night
 
 Those get you into Heaven letters in red
 
 Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line
 
 I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say
 
 That's one book I didn't write
 
 That's one book I didn't write
 
 That's one book I didn't write