Second in Line (Junior)

[Verse 1]
I was raised at the right hand of the big man
I learned young to kiss that ring
And pretty soon that ring will be on my finger
So you better think twice how you're treating me
Yeah, sister dear, she is a beauty
Mama’s long since cast aside
Come to think, she's just a half-sister to me
So it ain't half wrong that she’s my bride

[Chorus]
And we can count our riches in the middle of the night
Look at them diamonds shine
All you sorry sons of bitches wouldn't ever understand
What it is to be the man standing second in line

[Verse 2]
Is life too short for the world to learn
Just the way I like to drink my gin?
And if someday I should return
Yeah, you can put on the suit you're getting buried in
And if you wonder how I got this way
It's the same as my daddy done
I got a big fat check when I turned eighteen
And kept the working man under my pretty little thumb

[Chorus]
And we can count our riches in the middle of the night
Look at them diamonds shine
And all you sorry sons of bitches wouldn't ever understand
What it is to be the man standing second in line

[Bridge]
Yeah, a man like me in the land of the free
Don't you know I have a mighty good time

[Chorus]
I count my riches in the broad daylight
Look at them diamonds shine
And all you sorry sons of bitches wouldn't ever understand
What it is to be the man standing second in line

[Outro]
What it is to be the man