Some people go to school tryin' to learn how to teach
Some people go to school tryin' to learn how to preach

But if you can't preach without goin' to school

You ain't no preacher you're an educated fool
And that's all (that's all  that's all)
Yeah  that's all (that's all  that's all)
You better change your way of livin'
'Cause the good Lord say  That's all

Now a fellow I know is a miserly man

Tryin' to save all the money he can

But when that undertaker lets him down

Well where's he gonna spend
That money under the ground
And that's all (that's all  that's all)
Yeah  that's all (that's all  that's all)
You better change your way of livin'
'Cause the good Lord say  That's all

Now man come from monkeys  some folks say

But the Good Book really don't tell it that way

And if you believe that monkey tale like some folks do

I'd rather be that monkey than you
And that's all (that's all  that's all)
Yeah  that's all (that's all  that's all)

You better change your way of livin'
'Cause the good Lord say  That's all

Now my little song is ended  my little song is through

And I didn't mean my little song exactly for you

But if you don't like the way my little song goes
That's a real good sign I've been steppin' on your toes
And that's all (that's all  that's all)
Yeah  that's all (that's all  that's all)
You better change your way of livin'
'Cause the good Lord say  That's all