I was minding my own business
in the high school gym
when the new vice principal called me in.
I demanded to know what this was all about.
He said, "Nothing's really wrong
'cept you got a big mouth."
(Big mouth)
Well, he put me on detention
for a month and a half.
When I started to complain,
he started to laugh.
I said, "You call my parents,
they'll straighten you out."
He said, "I already did,
they know you got a big mouth."
(Big mouth)
(Big mouth)
So then my gang deserts me
when it's time to fight
and my girlfriend tells me
it serves me right.
The shrink, he'll kill me
if I lie on his couch.
You know there ain't no mercy
when you got a big mouth.
(Big mouth)
Even as a baby, I cried too much.
When they took me to church,
I still wouldn't hush.
(Shh!)
And the preacher man told me
I couldn't be saved
because the devil's gonna send me
to an early grave.
Well, I got to thinkin'
that revenge is sweet,
so I called up the drummer
with the heaviest beat.
(Bang!)
(Play!)
'Cause there's one profession
where you got to be loud
and the highest praise is
"You got a big mouth."
Now my principal calls me
and I have to laugh
'cause he wants free tickets
and my autograph.
When I make my next million,
I'll be heading south
and maybe you can join me if you got a
(big mouth).
(Big mouth)
(Big mouth)
(Big mouth)