How I Got To Be This Way

[Verse 1] I rolled my daddy's truck off the Dixonville curve after drinking my fifth beer And I fed hogs trying to pay him off for most of my senior year I got my jaw jacked by a big ole boy for messing 'round with his girlfriend But she was tall and tan and she kissed just right but I'll never do that again [Chorus] Yeah, I've done some pretty stupid things but hey I'm a little bit harder and whole lot smarter That's how I got to be this way [Verse 2] I've been kicked in the face by horse cause I ran up too fast behind him And I shook hands on a deal with a man, and found out he was lying I've broken a couple good girls hearts cause I said I loved em knowing I couldn't An I've given my heart to a woman who said she'd stay, when I knew she wouldn't [Chorus] [Bridge] I've been bit I've been burned But I've lived and I've learned from it I've made some mistakes but that's what it takes to make a man out of a kid [Chorus] [Chorus] That's how I've got to be this, how I've got to be this How I've got to be this way...