Your Redneck Past Lyrics - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner - Ben Folds Five

Choose from any number of magazines 

Who do you want to be? 

Billy Idol or Kool Moe Dee? 

If you're afraid they might discover your redneck past 

There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past 

They'll never send you home 

Roots, the funny limbs that grow underground 

That keep you from falling down 

Don't you think that you'll need them now? 

Just find a place where no one knows of your redneck past 

Yeah, you can easily dispose of your redneck past 

You'll show them all back home 

D-ol, Je suis American 

Please cook my steak again 

Je suis American 

D-ol, Je ne parle pas Francis 

Laws, vary from state to state 

Getcha some books on tape 

To learn about holes in space 

If you're afraid they might uncover your redneck ass 

There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past 

It's good to be back home