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 at the quarterback
Texas had a man in the stands the night we beat the Said they had a spot for both of us next fall We ridin' high on pride, big time futures Small town paper 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 that Both of us died there in that crash but I lived to wish I had that night After that didn't mean that much But then, I thought that's who I was
Daddy had a store where hard work was his livin' the hammers that built this town I broke his heart that summer, I told him I [incomprehensible] How to sell the by the pound
my last paycheck on an RC and a Greyhound A front to the world I'd never seen Got a job, got a girl, had some 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 feel nothin' at all She down at the fellowship hall Said, baby, we you here with us I told my she gives me the best I my girl she wish we never met, but I don't regret what I gave up 'Cause then I thought that's who I was
I drove straight through twist and turns Went through some and burns Stumbled some lessons learned with the weight on my shoulders Went around the world to find the God had in mind Gave me a love than the one I scratched up But until then I that's who I was But that who I was