[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!