I was ten years old the day I got caught With some dime store candy that I never bought I hung my head and I faced the wall As daddy showed me wrong from right He said, "this hurts me more than it does you There's just some things, son, that you just don't do Is anything I'm sayin' gettin' through?" Said, "Daddy, I can see the light" Oh lessons learned, man, they sure run deep They don't go away and they don't come cheap Oh, there's no way around it 'Cause this world turns on lessons learned ♪ Grand-daddy was a man I loved He bought me my first ball and glove He even taught me how to drive his truck Circlin' that old town square He spoke of life with a slow southern drawl But I never heard him 'cause I knew it all But I sure listened when I got the call That he was no longer there Oh, lessons learned, man, they sure run deep They don't go away and they don't come cheap Oh, there's no way around it 'Cause this world turns on lessons learned ♪ Oh, lessons learned, man, they sure run deep They don't go away and they don't come cheap Oh, there's no way around it 'Cause this world turns on lessons learned