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