Me and Billy Joe Taylor each 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 we beat the panthers Said they had a spot for both of us that next We were ridin' on pride, big time futures Small town paper we had it all
Up until the night me and Joe drank way too much for Blue Buck Road '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 football mean that much But until then, I that's who I was
Daddy had a hardware store where hard work was his Peddelin' the hammers that built town I broke his heart that summer, I told him I [incomprehensible] How to sell the nails by the
Spent my last paycheck on an RC and a A front seat to the I'd never 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, mama said daddy didn't feel at all She broke at the fellowship hall Said, baby, we need you here us I told my she gives me the best I told my girl she wish we never met, but I don't what I gave up 'Cause until I thought that's who I was
I straight through some twist and turns through some crash and burns Stumbled through some lessons learned 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 thought who I was But that who I was