Her daddy told her all the facts His momma taught him how to act At puberty they paid their dues The pool-hall was the moulin rouge And he likes her skirt And she like his tight levi's Fanning flames of the fire That burned higher than the fire in their eyes Momma's downtown on her lips Daddy's on a business trip A pinch from momma's treasure chest Daddy comes up with the rest And some people's kids don't know how fast time flies Now their paying for the fire burning higher than the fire in their eyes Some peoples kids can't see All some people's kids really need Is someone to be there To love 'em and to care, about them Daddy was a rollin' stone Momma chose to live alone Susie's out there on the wine Jimmy was friend of mine And some peoples kids gotta sing so it's no surprise That the flame of the fire's burnin' higher than the fire in their eyes