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"