How I Got To Be This Way

[Verse 1]

I rolled my daddy's truck off the Dixonville curve after drinking my fifth beer

And I fed hogs trying to pay him off for most of my senior year

I got my jaw jacked by a big ole boy for messing 'round with his girlfriend

But she was tall and tan and she kissed just right but I'll never do that again

Yeah, I've done some pretty stupid things but hey

I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way

I've been kicked in the face by horse 'cause I ran up too fast behind him

And I shook hands on a deal with a man, and found out he was lying

I've broken a couple good girls hearts 'cause I said I loved 'em knowing I couldn't

An I've given my heart to a woman who said she'd stay, when I knew she wouldn't

Yeah, I've done some pretty stupid things but hey

I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way

I've been bit I've been burned

But I've lived and I've learned from it

I've made some mistakes but that's what it takes to make a man out of a kid

Yeah, I've done some pretty stupid things but hey

I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way

Yeah, I've done some pretty stupid things but hey, hey, hey

I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way

That's how I've got to be this, how I've got to be this

How I've got to be this way...

Hey!