The Hard Way

Oh, the hells I

put myself through

The fights I

didn't need to fight

This thick head of mine

ya couldn't get through

Had to do it wrong

just to get it right

...just to get it rightI learned the Hard Way

the hard way taught me well

the hard way

sure put me (this boy) through some hell

The hard way

taught me how to tell

the right way from the wrong

and on which side I belongDeep are the memories

as a young boy

of the lessons

that I learned

My mama warnin' me

that fire is no toy

Ya play with fire boy

and you get burned

...Oh I got burnedI learned the Hard Way (repeat)What others learned in Sunday school

I learned by gettin' black n' blueI learned the Hard Way (repeat)