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 I'd been she said

Why can't people just get along



Well mama never said a word as she patched my head

I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed

I said mama I hope you ain't mad

She said come on we're going back hey

Why can't people just get along



Why can't people just get along

What a world it would be

If we could all just have fun

'Cause it don't do nobody right

When it comes down to a fight hey

Why can't people just get along



Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd 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 can't people just get along



Why can't people just get along

What a world it would be

If we could all just have fun

'Cause it don't do nobody right

When it comes down to a fight hey

Why can't people just get along



Well now things don't always run smooth in a honky tonk

And some nights somebody's gonna rub somebody wrong

And in those isolated incidents

We all loose our common sense hey

Why can't people just get along



Why can't people just get along

What a world it would be

If we could all just have fun

'Cause it don't do nobody right

When it comes down to a fight hey

Why can't people just get along