need a little time off for bad behavior the devil in me done been asleep too long i need a little time off for bad behavior it looks like i ve been too good for too long well i m up and gone at the break a dawn i ve been working like a regular dog to keep my woman and the lights and the water and the phone turned on i ve been saying yes sir all day at work i ve been saying yes ma am at home i ve been storing up the cuss words keeping them under my tongue i had this number on my mind a while i ve been fighting off the urge to call a pretty little strawberry blonde with a southern drawl some good old boys called from alabama said the fish has been a missing me and i need to renew my friendship with jim beam i need a little time off for bad behavior the devil in me done been asleep too long i ve gotta have a little time off for bad behavior it looks like i ve been too good