Walk tall... Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high She said son, be a proud man and hold your head up high Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye All through the years that I grew up, ma taught these things to me But I was young and foolish then and much too blind to see I ignored the things she said as if I`d never heard Now I see and understand the wisdom of her words Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye I started goin` places where the youngsters shouldn`t go I got to know the kind of girls it`s better not to know I fell in with a bad crowd and laughed and drank with them Through the laughter mama`s words would echo now and then Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye I got in trouble with the law and I`m in prison now Through these prison bars I see things so much different now I`ve got one year left to serve and when my time is done I`ll walk tall and straight and make ma proud to call me son Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye That`s what my mama told me when I was about knee high She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in