[Verse 1]

I rolled my daddy's truck off the dixonville curve after drinkin' my fifth beer.

And I fed hogs trying to pay him off for most of my senior year.

I got my jaw jacked by a big ole boy for messing 'round with his girlfriend.

She was tall and tan and she kissed just right but I'll never do that again.

[Chorus]

Yeah I've done some pretty stupid things but hey

I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way.

[Verse 2]

I've been kicked in the face by horse cause I ran up to fast behind him

And I shook hands on a deal with a man and found out that he was a-lying.

I've broken a couple good girls hearts cause I said I loved em knowin' I couldn't

An I've given my heart to a woman who said she'd stay when I knew she wouldn't.

[Chorus]

Yeah I've done some pretty stupid things but hey

I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way.

[Refrain]

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.

[Chorus]

Yeah I've done some pretty stupid things but hey

I'm a little bit harder and 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 whole lot smarter

That's how I got to be this way.

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

How I got to be this way. hey!