Hard Way

Change the oil when you're supposed to Drink the things you could make a toast to No such thing as luck and don't lose touch With the ones you grew up close to I always thought that there was plenty of fish Out there in that blue sea 'Til I caught and lost the one that was made for me I learned the hard way, no stranger to the long way You gotta treat her right, you won't know what you lost until you're lonely And the score ain't always even, some doors are made for leavin' Take it from me that most good things in life just don't come easy I learned the hard way Yeah, I learned the hard way Keep the people by your side and good friends are hard to find Only thing that they ain't making any more of here is time So say I love you if you mean it and go practice what you're preachin' When it comes to God, ain't always "gotta see it to believe" I learned the hard way, no stranger to the long way You gotta treat her right, you won't know what you lost until you're lonely And the score ain't always even, some doors are made for leavin' Take it from me that most good things in life just don't come easy I learned the hard way Yeah, I learned the hard way I've learned you can't go undefeated, life comes and goes in seasons And everything that happens always happens for a reason The hard way Ooh, the hard way I learned the hard way, no stranger to the long way You gotta treat her right, you won't know what you lost until you're lonely And the score ain't always even, some doors are made for leavin' Take it from me that most good things in life just don't come easy I learned the hard way Yeah, I learned the hard way Mmm, I learned the hard way I learned the hard way, hmm-mmm