Hit the Bell with Your Elbow

[Verse 1]
It was 29 years in dog years
Since I'd seen my little lady
See I needed some space and time
To kill
All my highway thrills
And now I'm back in her ol' mill town
I've been dry and clean
And I'm ready to try
This love thing again
And I will, I'm not going in any direction
But she laughed and said times have changed
There ain't no bed for you here

[Chorus]
Just hit the bell with your elbow
When you come in from the rain
You can promise me nothing
And I will do the same
I don't need you to fight for me
And I don't need you to cry
Just hit the bell with your elbow, yes
And come in with your hands up high

[Verse 2]
I told her I'd been through a lot out there
Lost my Chukka playboy boots
At the River Bottom Inn
I lost my Barracuda jacket
In a bet gone wrong
But through it all
I heard the birds whistling your name
She laughed and said you can sneeze in the basket
But still ain't no bed for you here

[Chorus]
And hit the bell with your elbow
When you come in from the rain
You can promise me nothing
And I will do the same
I don't need you to fight for me
And I don't need you to cry
Just hit the bell with your elbow, yes
And come in with your hands up high

[Post-Chorus]
And your pants down low
(Pants down low)
Pants down low
(Pants down low)
Keep your boot laces, keep 'em high and tight
(High and tight)
Pants down low
(Pants down low)
With your pants down low
You can hide (hide) in me (in me) tonight
No, you can hide (hide) in me (in me) tonight

[Verse 3]
Did you say that you had no place to go
Or that you had no place to stay? (place to stay)
Did you say that you had no place to go
Well which is it boy?
Cuz it's cold outside
You either go or you stay

[Chorus]
And hit the bell with your elbow
When you come in from the rain
You can promise me nothing
And I will do the same
I don't need you to fight for me
And I don't need you to cry
Just hit the bell with your elbow, yes
And come in with your hands up high

[Post-Chorus]
And your pants down low
(Pants down low)
Pants down low
(Pants down low)
Keep your boot laces, keep 'em high and tight
(High and tight)
Pants down low
(Pants down low)
With your pants down low
You can hide (hide) in me (in me) tonight
No, you can hide (hide) in me (in me) tonight
You can hide (hide) in me (in me) tonight
No, you can hide in me tonight