Key: E
D
G
D
He was sixteen tender and tough
G
D
A
She was too and he'd do anything to prove his love
G
A
D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G
A
D
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
G
D
Hearts caught fire and love ran wild
G
D
A
She cried the day she called to say she was having his child
G
A
D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G
A
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
G
D
There's a constant contradiction, what feels good and what
feels right
G
A
But, you live with decisions that you make in your life
G
D
A
G
And what steers your direction is hard to understand
G
A
The spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
A
G
Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas
D
Hauling cars out to the coast
G
D
It ain't the dream that he remembers just a few short
A
years ago
G
D
But, tonight at a truckstop, while drinking a cup
G
D
The waitress grins and winks at him
G
And says my shift's almost up
G
A
D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G
A
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
G
A
D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G
A
D
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man