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Look at them boys in the back of that truck
Somebody ought to jerk a knot in their butts
Out ridin' around like they own this town
That racket turned all the way up
It's too early for school to let out
And the Pastor's boy just threw a cigarette out
I sure hope there ain't beer in them cups
Cause our star quarterback's turnin' 'em up
Them boys don't know one thing about life
True love or trouble, struggle or strife
They think it's all just fun and games
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
Treatin' little girls like hearts don't break
Treatin' old men like hands don't shake
I pray it's just a phase they're goin' through
Yeah but what are we gonna do with them boys
I heard ol' Franks grandson got caught
With a case full of beer that Smith boy bought
Y'all didn't hear all of this from me
But I heard they got it with a fake i.d.
Them boys don't know one thing about life
True love or trouble, struggle or strife
They think it's all just fun and games
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
Treatin' little girls like hearts don't break
Treatin' old men like hands don't shake
I pray it's just a phase they're goin' through
Yeah but what are we gonna do with them boys
Them boys
Lookin' back on the times we shared
From rock 'n roll to these rockin' chairs
The same ones our granddads sat in
By this old wood stove in this hardware store
Talkin' the gossip, the weather and war
And how much trouble we were in
Oh, you can bet they said back then
They don't know a thing
Them boys don't know one thing about life
True love or trouble, struggle or strife
They think it's all just fun and games
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
Treatin' little girls like hearts don't break
Treatin' old men like hands don't shake
I pray it's just a phase they're goin' through
Yeah but what are we gonna do with them boys
They don't know a thing
About love
About life
Them boys
Somebody ought to jerk a knot in their butts
Out ridin' around like they own this town
That racket turned all the way up
And the Pastor's boy just threw a cigarette out
I sure hope there ain't beer in them cups
Cause our star quarterback's turnin' 'em up
True love or trouble, struggle or strife
They think it's all just fun and games
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
Treatin' old men like hands don't shake
I pray it's just a phase they're goin' through
Yeah but what are we gonna do with them boys
With a case full of beer that Smith boy bought
Y'all didn't hear all of this from me
But I heard they got it with a fake i.d.
True love or trouble, struggle or strife
They think it's all just fun and games
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
Treatin' old men like hands don't shake
I pray it's just a phase they're goin' through
Yeah but what are we gonna do with them boys
Them boys
From rock 'n roll to these rockin' chairs
The same ones our granddads sat in
By this old wood stove in this hardware store
Talkin' the gossip, the weather and war
And how much trouble we were in
They don't know a thing
True love or trouble, struggle or strife
They think it's all just fun and games
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
Treatin' old men like hands don't shake
I pray it's just a phase they're goin' through
Yeah but what are we gonna do with them boys
They don't know a thing
About love
About life
Them boys
Song Info
Submitted by
songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012
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A song essentially about the carefree spirit of young boys. As anyone can relate to, boys in high school and college live wild and free, often living fast, partying, and chasing girls, with little thought or respect to consequences of their actions. Boys this age usually have little grasp on the hard, true realities of life, heartache, and responsibility. They don't think of how what they do can affect others; how their partying can lead them into trouble, or how they way the play with girls hearts can affect them. One day, they will hopefully settle down, find love, and realize their true priorities lay in them perhaps supporting their wives and families. But as they are now, they have little concept of that. He reflects on it, talking about how they all went through that phase. He prays, thats its only a phase that they're going through, as no one could successfully live their whole lives with such a lack of care.
It also seems that this song, is also nostalgic of that phase. It represents a time when the world was so much more simple, and the real realities of life did not yet weigh down the spirits of these kids. Its a time we all will reflect on in our older years, joking about the trouble we wound up in. Yet, we all know it is indeed just a phase that any one wishing to become someone of substance must eventually give up