What's this I hear
There's a whole lotta talk
The people say you try to quit the kid


Hey yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
But I call it messin' with the kid


Now the kid plays hot
And hot don't pay
I say what I mean, I mean what I say


Yeah, yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
But I call it messin' with the kid


Well tell me you love me
You tell me a lie
But I know I love ya baby, 'til the day I die


Hey yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
But I call it messing with the kid


Elwood, Elwood!
-Yeah?
You wanna mess with the kid?
-Nah Jake, I don't wanna mess with the kid...
Yeah I know, I know that. How about you guys back here? You wanna mess with the kid? Any of you guys? How about you people out there you wanna mess with the kid?


Gonna take the kid's car
Drive around town
Tell everybody trying to put him down


Hey yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
I call it messin' with the kid