Lyrics: How I Got To Be This Way

[Verse 1]
I rolled my daddy's truck off the Dixonville curve after drinkin' my fifth beer.
And I played hoss 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.
But she was tall and tight and she kissed just right but I'll never do that again.

[Chorus]
Heeyyyyy I've done some pretty stupid things but heyyy
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 just to find out that he was 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 would stay when I knew she wouldn't

[Chorus]
Heeyyyyy I've done some pretty stupid things but heyyy
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]
Heeyyyyy I've done some pretty stupid things but heyyy
I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter
That's how I got to be this way.
Heeyyyyy I've done some pretty stupid things but heyyy
I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter
That's how I got to be this way.