spent many nights with old jim bean woke up to caffeine and nicotine all gon get me dont know when got me before gon get me again im living for my life im dying for my wife in arkansas down past is missouri old mizzou the quiet river flows on through my ma said to my pa fire up the thunderbird lets head to arkansas im living for my life im dying for my wife in arkansas taking mama home taking mama home taking mama home cook up messy ham hog and beans pass the turnips calling greens back to supper back to the woods going down there get the woods im living for my life im dying for my wife in arkansas why im living why i can in the fire frying pan folks would get me is aspirating tell us to wait but weve already waited im living for my life im dying for my wife in arkansas taking mama home taking mama home taking mama home taking mama home