That's My Story (And I'm Stickin' to It)

Mama always told me, "Son, don't tell a lie"

Sometimes I had to break mama's rules when I needed a good alibi

I stayed out late one night

When I got home, a woman was waiting up for me

I knew something was wrong

She said a friend of hers saw me with another woman the other night

I said, "Baby, that wasn't me

I was with the boys playing cards all night"

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

Believe it or not, that's all there is to it

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

Believe what you want to believe

But I didn't do it

She fussed all night, we fussed all day

'Cause she didn't believe a word I said

She made me sleep on the couch all night

In the morning, she was acting like everything was alright

She said, "Tell me the truth, I won't get mad"

But I won't go change my story and lose the best thing I ever had

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

Believe it or not, that's all there is to it

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

Believe what you want to believe

But I didn't do it

Now I'm in the hospital

My baby busted me in my head

But we're still together

'Cause I stuck to what I said

That's my story, I'm sticking to it

Believe it or not, that's all it is to it

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

Believe what you want to believe

But I didn't do it

Ten years from now

If she asks me if I told her the truth

I'll say, "Baby, what I told you

Ain't nothing but the truth"

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it

Believe it or not, that's all there is to it

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

Believe what you want to believe

But I didn't do it

(That's my story)

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it

(Believe it or not)

Believe it or not, that's all there is to it

(That's my story) and I'm sticking to it

(Believe)