Me and Billy Joe Taylor each other at the hip I him like the brother I never had He was my go-to-guy on and ten Made me look at the quarterback
had a man in the stands the night we beat the panthers Said had a spot for both of us that next fall We were ridin' on pride, big time futures Small town paper we had it all
Up until the night me and Billy Joe drank way too for Blue Buck Road 'Born to be on the radio, God, I still hate that song Both of us died there in crash but I lived to wish I had that night back After that didn't mean that much But until then, I thought who I was
Daddy had a hardware where hard work was his livin' Peddelin' the hammers that built this I broke his heart summer, I told him what I [incomprehensible] How to the nails by the pound
Spent my last paycheck on an RC and a A front seat to the world I'd seen Got a job, got a girl, had some cash and world in my Thought I'd found my in the great machine
Up until the night I got the call, said daddy didn't feel nothin' at all She broke at the fellowship hall 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 I gave up 'Cause until I thought that's who I was
I drove straight some twist and turns Went through crash and burns Stumbled through some lessons with the weight on my shoulders Went around the to find the girl God had in mind me a better love than the one I scratched up But until then I thought who I was But that who I was