All my rowdy friends have settled down and it seems to be more in the laid back songs
Nobody wants to get drunk and get loudEverybody just wants to go back home
I myself have seen my wilder days and I have seen my name at the top of the page,
but I need to find a friend just to run aroundBut no one wants to get high on the town
and all my rowdy friends have settled down

And I think I know what my father meant when he sang about a lost highway and old George Jones I'm glad to see he's finally getting straight,
and Waylon staying home and loving Jesse more these days,
and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud and all my rowdy friends have settled down

and the hang overs hurt more then they used to and corn bread and ice tea took the place of pills and ninety-proof,
and it seems like none of us do things quite like we used to do
and nobody wants to get high on the town and all my rowdy friends have settled down

Yeah I think I know what my father meant when he sang about his lost highway and Johnny Cash don't act like he did back in '68
and Kriss he is a movie star and he's moved off to LA
and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud and all my rowdy friends have settled down

yeah me and my rowdy friends have rowdied on down