when i was a young boy my mama would say son you ain t always gonna get your way times will be good times will be bad you ain t always gonna get a winning hand son she always said you gotta stand tall even when it looks like youll take a fall life is short and sometimes sweet get yout of the kitchen if you can t take the heat everything she said was true my mama never was a fool gotta live your life by the golden rule i guess its true what they say really true what they say i guess what mama said was true can t have your cake and eat it too babe i never doubted any word my mutha said with all the sinnin runnin round my head everything she said was true my mama never was a fool gotta live your life by the golden rule i guess its true what they say everything she said was true mama never was a fool gotta live your life by the golden rule i guess its true what they say really true what they say i guess what mama said was true can t have your cake and eat it too babe