Well, his daddy sat him down, when he was just a kid

Said listen to me loud my son to how it is

Your mom and me we tried, we just can't get along

I know you've heard her cry but son it ain't your fault

Well, I ain't gonna be around so you'll have to take the reins

Boy, I know you're scared right now but you're gonna do great.

Sometimes the ride don't go as you planned

No matter how hard you try, it's outta your hands

And sometimes life shows up long before you want it to

And sometimes a boy's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

Well, the years went flyin' by just like his muscle car

And katie asked him for a ride and in that backseat they took it too far

Barely seventeen, katie's three weeks late

So he went and got a job told his mom graduation will have to wait.

'cause sometimes the ride don't go as you planned

No matter how hard you try, it's outta your hands

And sometimes life shows up long before you want it to

And sometimes a boy's gotta do what a man's gotta do, oh yeah...

Now he still can't buy a drink, but he bought a diamond for her hand

He's shippin' off in fourteen days to a foreign land.

I guess sometimes the ride don't go as you planned

No matter how hard you try, it's outta your hands

And sometimes life shows up long before you want it to

And sometimes a boy's gotta do what a man's gotta do.