I used to tear that town up

Used to burn them bars down

Used to act all real tough

Used to try to show out

I hate to say it but the cops used to know my name

A lot of them daddies sure hated me too

That's the reason my momma prayed

Prayed I'd meet a girl like you.

I could talk the talk in the back of a bar

Walk the walk any girl to her car

I could drink the drink to just get drunk

Kiss the kiss without falling in love

I did what I did and didn't give a damn

I was who I was, now I am who I am

But you wouldn't love the man

If you'd've known the boy I was back then.

I wasn't a good guy

I wasn't a bad guy

But I sure wasn't the guy that you'd wanna spend your life with

Yeah, when I think about those days

All the nights stayed out past two

I ain't sorry for the hell I raised

'cause hell it led me straight to you.

I could talk the talk in the back of a bar

Walk the walk any girl to her car

I could drink the drink to just get drunk

Kiss the kiss without falling in love

I did what I did and didn't give a damn

I was who I was, now I am who I am

But you wouldn't love the man

If you'd've known the boy I was back then.

Back when

I was a wrecking ball, I'd wreck it all

Then I grew up when you made me fall

In love with you.

I could talk the talk in the back of a bar

Walk the walk any girl to her car

I could drink the drink to just get drunk

Kiss the kiss without falling in love

I did what I did and didn't give a damn

I was who I was, now I am who I am

But you wouldn't love the man

If you'd've known the boy I was back then.