The Hard Way

Bangin' my head up against the wall ever since I was a kid

Could have took their advice for an easier life, but I guess I never did

Fightin' off rednecks, getting handcuffed and hauled away

Now I'm rottin' in hell in a county jail with nothing to say

And I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way yeah

I did it the hard way, now

Blew my money as fast as I made it never saved a dime

We're all marks for banks and credit cards when we're 25

Ten years later, well the IRS came knockin' on my door

They said son, you better pay us 500Gs before we ask for more

And I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way yeah

I did it the hard way, now

In my broke down palace

With a heart as big as Dallas

Well young, dumb and risky

With a liver full of whiskey

Lookin' back on them days

Being stuck in a cage

Well I did it, I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way

Tore up, drivin' a 454 and feelin' sky high

Until Johnny Law read me my rights for a DWI

Mandatory 30 days man in a little country jail

Waitin' on cash from some biker crank just to pay my bail

And I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way yeah

I did it the hard way, now

Well, luck of the Irish or divine fate either way I survived

Now I'm kneelin' on my knees at the foot of my bed and I'm grateful I'm alive

But the shitty committee's still raising Cain in the back of my head

Lord give me the sense not to jump the fence and wind up dead

And I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way yeah

I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way

I did it the hard way yeah