The Hard Way

I was always, fallin out of trees

And slippin in the rain

Momma sighed as she nursed my scratches and my scrapes

She said, girl, why you gotta learn the hard way

Was at 17, I fell hard

Momma said she saw it comin as we drove off in his jacked up car

And she said, girl, oh girl, why ya gotta learn the hard way

Well I never liked the sound, the sound of that

And when I should have thought it over well I never did think twice

And I have no excuses, its just the way my heart was wired

But I love to play with matches so I have to walk through fire

I learn the hard way

I'm drawn to trouble my heart just couldn't tell

I courted disaster

And each dance ended just the same

All my friends said

Why ya gotta learn the hard way

Well I never liked the sound, the sound of that

And when I should have thought it over well I never did think twice

And I have no excuses, its just the way my heart was wired

But I love to play with matches so I have to walk through fire

I learn the hard way

So why aren't ya leaving or already gone

Each time I believed before thats right where it all went wrong

But you swear you love me and I think you mean it

You say you're gonna stand by every promise that you make

It's good you plan to stick around forever and a day

Cause I learn the hard way

I learn the hard way