How I Got to Be This Way

I rolled my daddy's truck off the Dickson Ville curve

After drinkin' my fifth beer

And I fed hogs tryin' to pay him off

For most of my senior year

I got my jaw jacked by a big ol' boy

For messin' 'round with his girlfriend

She was tall and tight 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 a whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way

I've been kicked in the face by a horse

'Cause I ran up too fast behind him

And I shook hands on a deal with a man

And found out he was lyin'

I've broken a couple of good girl's hearts

'Cause I've said I loved them, knowin' I couldn't

And 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 a 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 a 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 a whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way

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

How I got to be this way, hey