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 right

I learned the Hard Way

But the hard way taught me well

The hard way

Sure put this boy through hell

The hard way

It taught me how to tell

The right way from the wrong

And on which side I belong

Deep are the memories

As a young boy

Of the lessons

That I learned

My mama warned me

That fire is no toy

You play with fire boy

And you get burned

Oh I got burned

And learned the Hard Way

Buthe hard way taught me well

The hard way

Sure put this boy through hell

The hard way

It taught me how to tell

The right way from the wrong

And on which side I belong

What others learned in Sunday school

I learned by gettin' black n' blue

I learned the Hard Way

But the hard way taught me well

The hard way

It put me through some hell

The hard way

It taught me how to tell

The right way from the wrong

And on which side I belong

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 right

I learned the Hard Way

But the hard way taught me well

The hard way

Should put this boy through hell

The hard way

It taught me how to tell

The right way from the wrong

And on which side I belong

The hard way

I learned the hard way

I learned the hard way

I learned the hard way