I'm a strange kind of thunder I'm a different kind of storm Hellbent and hardheaded Since the day that I was born No, there's no water deep enough To drown the fire inside It might make it hard to love me But I hope I'm worth the ride And I'll go on Like a stone I'll be holding ground right here But when I'm gone Lay me down with sunburn on my face Talk about how I never act my age Still writin' when they try to turn the page That's the way I wanna go Out swingin' with nothin' left to prove A leather jacket and fresh dirt on my boots And a kiss from lips I know That's the way I wanna go I got scars across my knuckles Just like my old man's A couple scuffs on my belt buckle From the last time that I danced Just wanna know I worked and tried enough I told the truth, I cried enough Spoke my mind and laughed enough But when enough's enough Lay me down with sun burn on my face Talk about how I never act my age Still writin' when they try to turn the page That's the way I wanna go Out swingin' with nothin' left to prove A leather jacket and fresh dirt on my boots And a kiss from lips I know That's the way I wanna go, yeah And I'll go on Like a song That you smile and sing along With every time that it comes on And it goes Lay me down with sunburn on my face Talk about how I never act my age Still writin' when they try to turn the page That's the way I wanna go Out swingin' with nothin' left to prove A leather jacket and fresh dirt on my boots And a kiss from lips I know That's the way I wanna go That's the way I wanna go That's the way I wanna go That's the way I wanna go ♪ Let her go, boys ♪ Yeah, that's the way I wanna go Yeah Yeah, that's the way I wanna go That's the way, the way I wanna go