Well, it's nice to see you here again
Thanks for joining me here on this cloud
I know we've got things to talk about
There's stuff going on and we're not proud
I can't believe this happened in California
When it didn't happen in Arkansas
Back there, there are rules about this stuff
Yes, back there it is against the law
So, I have got this here granddaughter
And you too have got this here grandson
And sure, of course, we do love them both
We sure love them both a mighty ton
I can't believe this happened in California
When it didn't happen in Arkansas
People say that it's a Southern thing
But in the South, it's against the law
Now you will go blame my granddaughter
And I will go and blame your grandson
They could have chosen anywhere else
To go and have their romantic fun
I can't believe this happened in California
When it didn't happen in Arkansas
Back there, it's seen by folks as incest
And incest sticks inside of their craw
Do we really, my own dear sister,
Have to go ask who came onto who?
Sad to say, but cousins doing this
Well, it is really nothing that new
I can't believe this happened in California
When it didn't happen in Arkansas
But what really rubs me the wrong way
Is their photograph of ma and pa
They kept a picture of ma and pa
In a fancy frame above their bed
If someone asked whose family they were
"They're ours both," is what they smiled and said
I can't believe this happened in California
When it didn't happen in Arkansas
I guess they really loved our family
Well, that's the bone we have to just gnaw
Well, their kids all really turned out fine
With just a hiccup or maybe two
They say problems skip a generation
So, their grandkids will pay what is due
I can't believe this happened in California
When it didn't happen in Arkansas
If their grandkids wind up with problems
Well, hey, no one is without a flaw
I wonder if they ever ask themselves
if we're rolling over in the grave
If they ponder how we view all this
If they can ever be that brave
So, it's really legal in California
Thank God it's illegal in Arkansas
Why did we have to come out to California
When we should have just stayed in Arkansas
No, our people shouldn't have come to California
We should have just stayed on in Arkansas
Our grandchildren might not have gone and gotten married
If we'd just stayed living in Arkansas