I was born in oklahoma in 1969 My daddy played the honky tonks Out on the county line One night he took me with him Through those swingin' doors And I heard that country music Saw that crowded dance floor Dad made fifty dollars And I stayed up 'til three And I thought This is the life for me
By the time I turned fourteen I was pickin' lead guitar Everyday I went to school And at night I played the bars Two or three years later I noticed something strange All the looks that I was gettin' From the girls began to change I knew right then and there What I was gonna be This is the life for me
This is the life The only one I want to know Everyday another town And every night another show Ever since I was a boy I've had this crazy dream Now I know it was meant to be This is the life This is the life for me
Well I tried to go to college Just to see if I was wrong But that ain't the kind of knowledge That helps you write a country song I got my education on the wild side of life Through a cloud of smoke so thick That you could cut it with a knife There was no doubt about it As far as I could see This is the life for me
This is the life The only one I want to know Everyday another town And every night another show Ever since I was a boy I've had this crazy dream Now I know it was meant to be This is the life This is the life for me
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