I was a tuff kid, yeah, I was a tuff kid It took a lot to get me on my knees And I had a hard time, yeah, I had a hard time Just ask somebody if you don't believe me And my mama had me but she didn't get me I guess I broke her at the age of five And my daddy hit me but he couldn't quit me We showed each other how to feel alive So say, hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it all the way and we took it hard Tell the kind of things that make you feel alright Said the kind of things that keep you up at night It was a small town but it didn't fit me There wasn't anything I could do And so I had my guitar and I took it with me Oh, just like every single kid I knew We say, hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it all the way and we took it hard Did the kind of things that make you feel alright Said the kind of things that keep you up at night Not last night but the night before the Twenty four hours getting to my door They don't fall far and they don't fall hard And they're knocking back till the 4th of July They say, hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it all the way and we took it hard Did the kind of things that make you feel alright Said the kind of things that keep you up at night Hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it all the way and we took it hard Did the kind of things that make you feel alright Said the kind of things that keep you up at night