Vic Chesnutt - Acting So Bad lyrics

And your mother is a fundamentalist
She's a pop culture queen
Still you found your way to pregnancy
Before you found 17

And your father is a businessman
The kind that flies on planes
And you hid the liquor everywhere
You went to such great pains

And your eldest sister is a married lady
Yeah, but she can't understand
And your closest sister is angry
Yeah, you've felt her heavy hand

And you thwarted your education
By the bottle and the bed
You even spent a night in jail
Yеah, your nose and face werе red

So you called the preacher, faithfully
What a brilliant political move
Your parents heard of your repentance
Yeah, before they heard your hooves

And now you're so please
D with this happy ending
With things all on the smooth
That you go back to that lurid lounge
And get back in the groove

And maybe I should apologize
For not feeling a bit sad
To see someone in this family other than me
Acting so bad, bad, bad