raised at the right hand of the
big man I learned young to kiss that ring
And pretty soon that ring
will be on my finger
So you better think twice
how you treat me
Yeah, sister dear, she is a beauty
Mama's long since cast aside
I come to think she's just a
half -s ister to me
So it ain't half wrong if she's my bride
And we count our riches in the middle of the night,
look at them diamonds shine.
No, you're sorry sons of bitches
would never understand.
But it is to be the man,
who's standing second in line.
Is life too short for the world to learn?
Just the way I like to drink my gin
And if someday I should return
You can put on the suit you're
getting buried in
And if you wonder how I got this way
It's the same as my daddy's gun
I got a big fat check when I
turned eighteen
And kept a workin' man under
my pretty little thumb
We can count our riches in
the middle of the night
Look at them diamonds shine
And all your first -order bitches
would never understand
What it is to be the man
Standin' second in line
like me in the land of the free,
don't you know I have a mighty good time?
I count my riches in the broad daylight,
look at them diamonds shine.
And all your stories,
some to me just wouldn't ever understand
But it is to be the man
Standin' second in line
But it is to be the man
you