I grew up on the wrong side of town

With the wrong kinda people

Just doing dumb shit

Shooting daisy by the bonfire

Hanging with some moon howler

And I've had my pack of beer

So don't try to change my voice 'cause it's not what I want it to be, no

Yeah I know, that I'm fucked up

But these people 'round me keep on saying, yeah

Be real

Be kind

Be honest

Everybody wants me to do so

Stay clean

And out of trouble

Like all of these things I didn't know

I'm a reckless, no less

Oh, I'm a reckless

Born and raised in the sticks

Between the coop and the wif

Of the slicks of my '65 Buick

Poppin' burns, drinking strong

Drifting eight 'till dawn

And I'll be damned if I'm wrong

But this life ain't all 'bout fun

Let me tell you that it catches up, yeah

The heartbreaks and all these drugs

Led me to the devil's hug

Now I cannot

Be real

Be kind

Be honest

Everybody wants me to do so

Stay clean

And out of trouble

Like all of these things I didn't know

I'm a reckless, no less

Yeah, I'm a reckless

Oh-ohhhh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh