[Verse 1]
Jacky Don Tucker was my daddy's little brother
And at seventeen he jumped the fence
He joined a rock 'n' roll band, got a tattoo on his hand
Granny said he never had a lick of sense
'Cause by the time he turned seven he was a stealing watermelons
Playing house with the girl next door
Drinking muscadine wine by the time he was nine
Sneaking out and smoking cigarettes under the porch

[Chorus]
He was a melon stealing
Cop-a-feeling
Daredevil fool
A do-it-anyway in
Playing hooky at school
A water tower poet class of '73
He'd say by God you better know it if you're running with me
'Cause I'm skinny dipping finger flipping son of a gun
Play by the rules
You're going to miss all the fun

[Verse 2]
He was always drag racing and he kept the sheriff chasing
But they never caught ole Jacky Don
'Cause he was nobody's fool, the definition of cool
He even cut a donut on the courthouse lawn
He created quite a scandal that the locals couldn't handle
When he took up with the preacher's baby girl
They bought a new double wide and on their wedding night
Aunt Jenny went to rocking
Uncle Jacky Don's world
[Chorus]
He was a melon stealing
Cop-a-feeling
Daredevil fool
A do-it-anyway in
Playing hooky at school
A water tower poet class of '73
He'd say by God you better know it if you're running with me
'Cause I'm skinny dipping finger flipping son of a gun
Play by the rules
You're going to miss all the fun

He was a melon stealing
Cop-a-feeling
Daredevil fool
A do-it-anyway in
Playing hooky at school
A water tower poet class of '73
He'd say by God you better know it if you're running with me
'Cause I'm skinny dipping finger flipping son of a gun
Play by the rules
You're going to miss all the fun

[Outro]
Play by the rules
You're going to miss all the fun