Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined other at the hip I loved him like the I never had He was my on third and ten Made me look good at the
Texas had a man in the stands the night we beat the Said they had a for both of us that next fall We were ridin' on pride, big time futures Small paper said we had it all
Up until the night me and Billy Joe drank way too much for Blue Buck 'Born to be wild' on the radio, God, I still hate song Both of us died there in that crash but I to wish I had that night back After that football didn't mean that But then, I thought that's who I was
Daddy had a hardware store where work was his livin' Peddelin' the hammers that this town I broke his heart that summer, I told him what I How to the nails by the pound
Spent my paycheck on an RC and a Greyhound A front seat to the I'd never seen Got a job, got a girl, had cash and world in my pocket Thought I'd my place in the great machine
Up until the night I got the call, mama said daddy didn't feel at all She broke down at the fellowship Said, baby, we need you with us I my boss she gives me the best I told my girl she wish we never met, but I don't regret what I up 'Cause until then I that's who I was
I drove straight through twist and turns through some crash and burns Stumbled through some learned with the weight on my shoulders Went around the world to the girl God had in mind Gave me a love than the one I scratched up But then I thought that's who I was But that who I was