[Verse 1]
I rolled my daddy`s truck off the Dixonville curve after drinking 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
But 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 too fast behind him
And I shook hands on a deal with a man, and found out he was lying
I`ve broken a couple good girls hearts `cause I said I loved `em knowing 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

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
That`s how I`ve got to be this, how I`ve got to be this
How I`ve got to be this way...
Hey!