he was 5 foot 7 strong as an oak tree yeah he had a good reason for every lick he gave me but he showed me the ropes good whiskey and smoke and how to tell a dirty joke i had a good teacher half devil half preacher he made me a believer i had a good teacher teacher oh yeah she was 6 foot 1 shaking that money thing i was high school dumb when i had my first tall one but she gave me a sip and a kiss on the lips she let me give her one more i graduated from the school of hard knocks yeah learned from the best all the tricks to get by but i gotta give credit where credit is due i wasn t born no fool she was my teacher she was a really good teacher she made me a believer lord i had some good teachers some really good teachers 