Folks say my daddy wasn't much of a man 
For disobeying the laws of the land 
Folks say that my daddy wasn't fit to kill 
Oh and I know it was true what the people said 
Cause we'd all've been better of dead 
Than to live a life of shame and strife 
Cause of daddy's moonshine still 

My mama was always sweet and kind 
But she grew old before her time 
Worryin' about the way we had to live 

Yeah my daddy put the wrinkles in my mama's face 
He drunk his share of all he made 
And just one more reason I grew to hate 
My daddy's moonshine still 

Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin' 
But to break mama's heart 
And to tear our home apart 
Make our lives a livin' hell 

Them old mason jars that daddy made us wash 
And set them out to sun on our back porch 
'Til he got ready to take 'em up on the hill 
And when daddy got word of the revenue 
He made us kids help hide his brew 
Made us swear that we never knew 
About daddy's moonshine still 

Yeah and two of my brothers drove across the state line 
Once a week with a load of moonshine 
And the wounds that came from that won't ever heal 
Cause on a moonshine run one rainy night 
My two brothers lost their lives 
And oh my god how I despise 
My daddy's moonshine still 

Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin' 
But to break mama's heart 
And to tear our home apart 
Make our lives a livin' hell 

Well it broke mama's heart but she understood 
The day that I left home for good 
But I had to find me another way to live 
Well I sent mama money nearly every day 
And how I made it, well I'd rather not say 
But at least it took me far away 
From daddy's moonshine still 

My bootlegging daddy was known quite well 
And he made our home a livin' hell 
And I ain't forgot it and I know that I never will 
My mama finally died she just gave up 
And daddy finally died from drinkin' that stuff 
And bad memories haunt the rest of us 
From daddy's moonshine still 

Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin' 
But to break mama's heart 
And to tear our home apart 
Make our lives a livin' hell