Lock up your daughters! Yeah, yeah, yeah In sometimes you're acting the fool Sometimes you're breaking the rules Sometimes you wanna run away Sometimes you stay out of school Well it's a dirty old town And you know it's where we all belong Tell your mama back home She was just the same when she was young I wanna give you some advice Lock up your daughters right now Will give you a smile on your face Lock up your daughters somehow This is the time, the time of the place Yeah, yeah, yeah! In sometimes you whip up a storm Don't get to bed until dawn Sometimes you get a little high And wish you'd never been born We'll it's a crazy old word Everybody's gotta get along Tell your Mama back home It was just the same when she was young I tell you right now Lock up your daughters right now Will give you a smile on your face Lock up your daughters somehow This is the time, the time of the place Oh ho ho ho ho ho! You better lock up your daughters right now Will give you a smile on your face Lock up your daughters somehow This is the time, the time of the place Lock up your daughters right now Will give you a smile on your face Lock up your daughters somehow This is the time, the time of the place We take them away!