Lyrics:

Cant send no fourteen year-old boy to no school

The only thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddys farm was,

'son, you better get them crops in when it turns cool.'



In the magazines, I saw the naked women

I heard about the drinkin and the bars

If my daddy couldve caught me, hed a-killed me

He said, 'you might run, boy, but you aint gonna get far.'



I hit town or you might say that it hit me

Next mornin there were things I knew more about



The woman who had taken me in said, 'country boy, youre all right.'

The same way I turned her on, she turned me out

The first law I broke, right away they got me

I helped them build the country roads for awhile

They fed me two times a day and knocked me down about four

For thirty days I didnt even crack a smile



I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby

She let me go and would never tell me why

I learned what it means to be somebodys baby

They let you lie in your bed by yourself and cry



The miles were good but the mileage is turnin my hair gray

Ive met some people that knew me and call me friend

Aint no sense in wantin my life to live over

Id find different ways to make those mistakes again



So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody

Though I guess theres a few that I still couldnt look in the eye

If Ive got one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral

For once, Id like to be the only one dry