Jeff Finlin - The Hard Way

Had a good old girl back in 83
Boy she sure was good to me
She really let me be myself,
But I tried to keep her on a shelf
Wouldnt let her do a thing, learned my lesson late that spring
The hard way
The hard way

Its been a long time since Ive seen
your silly face full of broken dreams
We all sure did come up and lean
to the land of opportunity
Too bad we believed the things they were telling you and me
Had to learn it the hard way
The hard way

I never thought to see the light
Id have to roll through the darkness and lose my sight
I never thought that to give a lickin
Id have to hide my tail and turn up chicken
I never thought to dream that Id live ten thousand days and see it the hard way
The hard way

Well sometimes I think that overnight
Things go wrong, never work out right
I dont know whats right or wrong
So you sure wont learn it in this song
The only way is to follow your heart
In this dog-eat-dog world I think thats smart
But then who am I to say, I always learn things the hard way
The hard way