A man with forty acres plowed and planted
Can't send no fourteen year-old boy to no school
The one thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddy's farm
Was, "Son, you better get them crops in when it gets cool."
In the magazines, I saw the naked women
I heard about the drinkin' and the bars
If my daddy could've caught me, he'd a-killed me
He said, "You might run, boy, but you won?t get that far."
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
I'd find different ways to make same mistakes again (a cappella)
I hit town or you might say that it hit me
Next mornin' there were things I knew more about
Some woman took me in said I, "Seem to be all right."
I turned her on the same way, she turned me out
The first law I broke, right away Johnny-law caught me
I helped them build the country roads for awhile
They fed two times a day and knocked you down about four
By the 13 day I couldn?t even crack a smile
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
I'd find different ways to make same mistakes again (a cappella)
I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby
She let me go and would never tell me why
I learned what it means to be somebody's baby
They let you lie in your bed by yourself so you can cry
So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody
Though I guess there's a few that I still couldn't look in the eye
Grant me one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral
For once, I'd like to be the only one left dry
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
I'd find different ways to make same mistakes again (a cappella)
I?d probably make um
Same way I made um again
Make um all again