The Low Road

Oh, when I was at school some boys was picking on me Pushed me down at the playground and I skinned my knee Lord, I wanted to cry, it occurred to me Took my Skeletor lunch box, took out his front teeth My daddy always told me, "Do the best that you can To be a kind-hearted, sensitive, hard-working man But if the high road is closed and the light is coming down Sometimes you got to man up, and take the low road around Sometimes you got to tough it up, and take the low road around" Now needless to say my bully problems did cease But I found myself in love with a two-timing cheat When she left I wanted to die, Lord, I didn't even eat And then walks in her little sister Looking all kinds of sweet My mama always said, "Son, you gotta try hard To find a woman that will love you for the man that you are But if the high road is closed and the light is coming down Sometimes you got to man up, and take the low road around Sometimes you gotta think quick, and take the low road around" When I took my soul to Nasvhille it didn't take me long To realize they ain't helping if you don't play along I may not look and sound like money, but my heart is in my song I'm gonna keep doing it my way, whether I'm right or wrong My daddy always said, "Son don't ever try to be Just like another one of them boys 'cause you ain't ever gonna be And if the high road is closed and life light's coming down Sometimes you got to man up, and take the low road around Sometimes you got to tough it up, and take the low road around Slap some chains on them tires, and take the low road around"