# Songs about parental advice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641 "2016-12-02T15:33:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/41 "2016-12-04T21:45:43Z")
[Shame and Scandal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlqbt1PQ1ek) by (or at least covered by) Madness. Mama Tried by Merle Haggard kinda fits. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/42 "2016-12-04T21:59:49Z")
[Missionary Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Q3cp3cp88) My mother told me good My mother told me strong. She said “Be true to yourself And you can’t go wrong.” “But there’s just one thing That you must understand.” “You can fool with your brother But don’t mess with a missionary man.” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/43 "2016-12-05T00:24:57Z")
\*Mother told me, yes, she told me I’d meet girls like you She also told me, “Stay away, you’ll never know what you’ll catch” \* Surrender - Cheap Trick ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/44 "2016-12-05T03:48:33Z")
[_In Your Time,_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQebhGFXxoM) Bob Seger ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/45 "2016-12-05T14:38:22Z")
Lenny Kravitz [Mama Said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAWCa0DVgY) Also Puscifer [Momma Said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR3ccmWmLhk) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/46 "2016-12-05T14:57:04Z")
Astrud Gilberto[Look to the Rainbow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_GN6cOCrTI) Gale Garnett [We’ll Sing In The Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhovT-x6S8) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/47 "2016-12-05T16:30:13Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > Man named Sue - Johnny Cash Boy. Is there a song with “Man” in it? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/48 "2016-12-05T16:33:56Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Yep, I came in to contribute “Teach Your Children Well” by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Never mind! Okay, I’m gonna break the rules the same way. In terms of songs giving advice **to** parents, there’s another real good one: “Papa Don’t Preach,” by Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/49 "2016-12-05T16:37:42Z")
These are all great, but none of them come close to the deep wisdom of “Monkey Farts”, as sung by Seamus Kennedy: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mlWrxIcm28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mlWrxIcm28). ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/50 "2016-12-05T20:10:58Z")
The chorus of “Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/51 "2016-12-05T21:29:22Z")
Wow, great submissions all! I had time to think of another couple: [“Humble and Kind”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awzNHuGqoMc), Tim McGraw [“Forever Young”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1fSVbBwVX8), Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/52 "2016-12-06T07:50:51Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYGoougMHSQ) _Sweat Loaf_ by the Butthole Surfers offers some sagely father’s advice to his son: “Father?” “Yes, son?” “w-w-w-w-w-w-What does regret mean?” “Well, son, a funny thing about regret is - that it’s better to regret something you _have_ done, than something you haven’t done…” The Nice offer up two versions of _Daddy Were Did I Come From?_ For some reason the first one is called the alternate version, even though that’s the one that appeared on the crazy _The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack_ album. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4-FfZzS_0) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZJcqE-xiy_s/hqdefault.jpg "The Nice "Daddy Where Did I Come From"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJcqE-xiy_s) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/53 "2016-12-06T10:58:24Z")
[Ya Ba Ye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKy6W8BcjE)- Ofra Haza ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641/54 "2016-12-06T13:33:31Z")
Richard Thompson - [“Mother Knows Best”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjm6XdtEb0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641.md?page=2)