|
Now friend if you'll just listen to me you'll get some good hard earned advice |
|
I don't aim to meddle in your business I'm just tryin' to save you an awful price |
|
Now you see these teeth that I ain't got and these knots on my bald head |
|
I'll guarantee you boys I didn't get them there lyin' at home in the bed |
|
Now take the smart aleck in any town of him folks want no part |
|
He acts like his head was only made to hold his ears apart |
|
Now he might like what I'm bout to say and my words might make him sore |
|
But I'm just tryin' to be helpful cause I've been down that road before |
|
To bully folks and play mean tricks was once my pride and joy |
|
Till one day I was toted home and mama didn't know her little boy |
|
My head was swelled up so doggone big I couldn't get it through my front door |
|
Now I ain't just talkin' to hear myself cause I've been down that road before |
|
A little fellow about my size got tired of being pushed about |
|
So he went to work and when he got through he'd knocked every one of my teeth out |
|
One time too many I'd rubbed him wrong and he evened up the score |
|
Now that's what happens when you get too big for your britches |
|
And I've been down that road before |
|
Now when you get to thinkin' you're really smart |
|
There's always somebody smarter than you |
|
And no matter how much you boast and brag you can still learn a thing or two |
|
Go get you some treatments just like I've had and you won't hanker for more |
|
I really learned the meaning of living and loving I've been down that road before |
|
Now the man that walks this rocky road usually gets just what he deserves |
|
Cause he's just a helpless servant to a master that he serves |
|
Now I've learned to slow my temper down and not to pick no scraps no more |
|
Boys it's a lot easier on the head and eyes I've been down that road before |
