I was always, fallin out of trees
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And slippin in the rain
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Momma sighed as she nursed my scratches and my scrapes
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She said, girl, why you gotta learn the hard way
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Was at 17, I fell hard
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Momma said she saw it comin as we drove off in his jacked up car
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And she said, girl, oh girl, why ya gotta learn the hard way
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Well I never liked the sound, the sound of that
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And when I should have thought it over well I never did think twice
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And I have no excuses, its just the way my heart was wired
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But I love to play with matches so I have to walk through fire
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I learn the hard way
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I'm drawn to trouble my heart just couldn't tell
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I courted disaster
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And each dance ended just the same
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All my friends said
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Why ya gotta learn the hard way
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Well I never liked the sound, the sound of that
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And when I should have thought it over well I never did think twice
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And I have no excuses, its just the way my heart was wired
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But I love to play with matches so I have to walk through fire
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I learn the hard way
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So why aren't ya leaving or already gone
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Each time I believed before thats right where it all went wrong
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But you swear you love me and I think you mean it
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You say you're gonna stand by every promise that you make
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It's good you plan to stick around forever and a day
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Cause I learn the hard way
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I learn the hard way
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The Hard Way
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Pam Tillis |