Last year I got a ticket for a trip to New Orleans
my fear of flying couldn't keep me away from that
while I knew I wouldn't visit USA that soon again
I planned to take a look at the ol'e Nashville
a tenderfoot is welcome there with a lot of bucks
and the Yellow Rose of Memphis she was mine
so I spent all my money within a week or two
and I even sold my tickets leading back to the Netherlands

papa, keep your hands off of that bottle of Valentines 
papa, keep your hands off of that bottle of Valentines 
papa, keep your hands off of that bottle of Valentines 
you won't stand no alcoholics no more

so now I'm cleaning toilets in a bar in Tennessee
and I think that I will never see my mum again
so I'm crying and I'm wailing and my health is going down
and I'm drinking all the day and night, just to forget

papa, keep your hands off of that bottle of Valentines 
papa, keep your hands off of that bottle of Valentines 
papa, keep your hands off of that bottle of Valentines 
you won't stand no alcoholics no more

now give me more and one more and one more and one more
and I bet nobody'll ever beat my score