I was fifteen when my daddy's old man caught me half way through my first beer He laughed so hard when my face turned green he said you come from a long line of sinners like me Now me and my brother go to see him sometimes but he don't have much to say anymore So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jim Beam here's to a long line of sinners like me la di da di da la di da da di di I come from a long line of sinners like me My mama had a soft spot for a hell-raising boy so she had two more just like him It takes an angel to raise a family that comes from a long line of sinners like me Well now maybe who knows one day I'll settle down Give my dad a grandson of his own And when the doctor smacks him he'll probably take a swing because he comes from a long line of sinners like me la di da di da la di da da di di I come from a long line of sinners like me On the day I die I know where I'm gonna go Me and Jesus got that part worked out I'll wait at the gates till his face I see and stand in a long line of sinners like me I stand in a long line of sinners like me la di da di da la di da da di di I come from a long line of sinners like me la di da di da la di da da di di Here's to a long line of sinners like me I come from a long line of sinners like me