Your momma says you don't
And your Dady says you won't
And I'm boilin' up inside
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time

Tie your Mother Down
Tie your Mother Down
Lock your Daddy out of doors
I don't need him nosin' around
Tie your Mother Down
Tie your Mother Down
Give me all your love tonight

You're such a dirty louse
Go get outta my house
That's all I ever got from your
Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard
A single little civil word from those guys
But you know I don't give a light
I'm gonna make out all right
I've got a sweetheart hand
Yo put a stop to all that
Grousin' an' spinin'

Tie your Mother Down
Tie your Mother Down
Take your little brother swimmin'
With a brick (that's all right)
Tie your Mother Down
Tie your Mother Down
Or you ain't no friend of mine

Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me till I die
Why can't they understand I'm just a
Peace lovin' guy
Tie your Mother Down
Tie your Mother Down ... etc etc ...