Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined each at the hip I loved him like the brother I had He was my on third and ten Made me look good at the
Texas had a man in the stands the night we the panthers Said they had a spot for both of us that fall We were high 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 song Both of us died in that crash but I lived to wish I had that night back After football didn't mean that much But until then, I thought who I was
Daddy had a hardware store where hard work was his Peddelin' the hammers that built this I broke his heart that summer, I him what I [incomprehensible] How to sell the by the pound
Spent my paycheck on an RC and a Greyhound A front seat to the world I'd seen Got a job, got a girl, had some cash and in my pocket Thought I'd my place in the great machine
Up until the night I got the call, mama said didn't feel nothin' 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 we never met, but I don't regret what I gave up 'Cause until I thought that's who I was
I drove straight through some and turns through some crash and burns Stumbled through some lessons learned with the weight on my Went the world to find the girl God had in mind me a better love than the one I scratched up But until then I that's who I was But that who I was