Why Cant People Just Get Along (Album Version)

(David Lee Murphy/Minnie Pearl)
Well they took me home in the back of a checker cab
After somebody took a chair cross the back of my head
My mama said bring him on in
And when they told her where
Id been she said
Why cant people just get along
Well mama never said a word as she patched my head
I figured she wasnt happy with me gettin her out of bed
I said mama
I hope you aint mad
She said come on were going back hey
Why cant people just get along
Why cant people just get along
What a world it would be
If we could all just have fun
Cause it dont do nobody right
When it comes down to a fight hey
Why cant people just get along
Now when I got trouble aint no one
Id rather have
Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand
She went in swingin and when she got through
Everybody saw her point of view she said
Why cant people just get along
Why cant people just get along
What a world it would be
If we could all just have fun
Cause it dont do nobody right
When it comes down to a fight hey
Why cant people just get along
Well now things dont always run smooth in a honky tonk
And some nights somebodys gonna rub somebody wrong
And in those isolated incidents
We all loose our common sense hey
Why cant people just get along
Why cant people just get along
What a world it would be
If we could all just have fun When it comes down to a fight hey
Why cant people just get along