Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined each other at the hip

I loved him like the brother I never had

he was my go-to-guy on 3rd and 10, made me look good at the quarterback. Texas had a man in the stands the night we beat the Panthers

said they had a spot for both of us that next fall

we were ridin' high on pride and big time futures

small town paper said we had it all

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Up until the night me and Billy Joe drank way too much for Blue Buck Road

"born to be wild" on the radio, god I still hate that song

both of us got there in that crash

but I lived to wish I had that night back

after that football didn't mean that much

but until then, I thought that's who I was

Daddy had a hardware store where hard work was his livin'

peddelin' the hammers that built this town

I broke his heart that summer, I told him what I wasn't planin'

how to sell the nails by the pound

Spent my last paycheck on an RC and a Greyhound

a front seat to the world I'd never seen

I got a job, got a girl, had some cash and world in my pocket

thought I'd found my place in the grade machine

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Up until the night I got the call

mama said daddy didn't feel nothin' at all

she broke down on the phone she and pa said baby we need you here with us

I told my boss to wish me the best, I told my girl she wish we never met but I don't regret what I gave up

cause until then I thought that's who I was.

I drove straight through some twist and turns

when through some crash and burns

stumbbled through some lessons learned with the weight on my shoulders

went around the world to find the girl god had in mind

gave me a better love than the one I scratched up

but until then I thought that's who I was

but that ain't who I was