Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined other at the hip I loved him the brother I never had He was my on third and ten Made me good at the quarterback
Texas had a man in the stands the we beat the panthers Said they had a spot for both of us that fall We were ridin' high on pride, big time Small town paper we had it all
Up until the night me and Billy Joe way too much for Blue Buck Road 'Born to be wild' on the radio, God, I hate that song Both of us died there in that crash but I lived to wish I had that back After that didn't mean that much But until then, I thought who I was
Daddy had a hardware store hard work was his livin' Peddelin' the hammers that built this I broke his heart that summer, I told him what I 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 cash and world in my I'd found my place in the great machine
Up until the I got the call, mama said daddy didn't feel nothin' at all She broke down at the hall Said, baby, we need you with us I told my 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 thought who I was
I drove straight some twist and turns Went through crash and burns Stumbled some lessons learned with the weight on my shoulders around the world to find the girl God had in mind Gave me a love than the one I scratched up But until I thought that's who I was But ain't who I was