A Thing or Two

[Verse 1]

I wasn’t born with a silver spoon,

But I’ve been carved by the heat of June.

Learned more in the dust than a book could show,

Hard roads teach you what you need to know.

[Verse 2]

I’ve seen barroom fights and Sunday grace,

Smiles that heal, and lies straight to your face.

Every scar I wear is living proof,

Experience don’t lie—it tells the truth.

[Pre-Chorus]

So if you doubt the miles I’ve been through,

Listen close, I’ll lay it down for you—

[Chorus]

I know a thing or two, ‘bout a thing or two,

How the fire still burns, how the sky turns blue.

Every fall I’ve taken made me strong and true,

I know it's true, cause I've paid my dues,

Can I get an AMEN from YOU

[Verse 3]

I’ve chased love and I’ve lost my way,

Bet it all and had the devil to pay.

But I keep on walking, nothing left to prove,

The school of life don’t hand out moves.

[Bridge]

Wisdom ain’t in the words you claim,

It’s the midnight trials that forge your name.

Don’t need a crown, don’t need the throne,

I carry lessons written in my bones.

[Verse 4]

I learned young how to swing a hammer true,

Building fences high just to break right through.

Every nail I drove had a lesson behind,

That strong hands only matter with a steady mind.

[Verse 5]

Mama said patience, Daddy said fight,

One taught me mercy, the other taught might.

I took both roads, and I paid the toll,

But I found my balance in a restless soul.

[Pre-Chorus]

Do you think wisdom comes from silver and gold

Or from the stories a scar has told

[Chorus]

I know a thing or two, ‘bout a thing or two,

How the fire still burns, how the sky turns blue.

Every fall I’ve taken made me strong and true,

I know it's true, cause I've paid my dues,

Can I get an AMEN from YOU

[Verse 6]

I’ve chased down dreams that slipped away,

And dug up hope at the break of day.

Some doors slammed shut, some opened wide,

But each one changed the man inside.

[Verse 7]

I’ve been burned by love, left out in the rain,

Felt the sweet relief and the biting pain.

Every heart that left left a piece of me,

But I’ve patched those holes with memory.

[Verse 8]

I’ve gambled paychecks on a neon glow,

Watched it all vanish with one last throw.

But luck ain’t loyalty, it never stays,

Grit’s what carries you through the haze.

[Pre-Chorus]

Can you measure a man by the miles he’s gone

Or by the battles he’s lost and won

[Chorus]

I know a thing or two, ‘bout a thing or two,

How the fire still burns, how the sky turns blue.

Every fall I’ve taken made me strong and true,

I know it's true, cause I've paid my dues,

Can I get an AMEN from YOU

[Verse 9]

I’ve walked with sinners, I’ve prayed with saints,

Tasted whiskey sharp and forgiveness faint.

Found out faith don’t live in pews,

It lives in what you’ve got to lose.

[Verse 10]

The road keeps teaching if you’re willing to learn,

Every twist and break, every crash and turn.

Ain’t no shortcut to the truth inside,

Just the miles you walk and the tears you hide.

[Verse 11]

Now I stand where the young ones stand,

Offering wisdom with a weathered hand.

If you listen close, I’ll tell it true—

I know a thing or two about a thing or two.

[Pre-Chorus]

Is the truth something time will hand to you

Or something you earn when the night cuts through

[Chorus]

I know a thing or two, ‘bout a thing or two,

How the fire still burns, how the sky turns blue.

Every fall I’ve taken made me strong and true,

I know it's true, cause I've paid my dues,

Can I get an AMEN from YOU

[Tag / Outro]

I’ve bled, I’ve broken, I’ve paid my dues,

I know a thing or two about a thing or two.