The Hard Way Lyrics - Pam Tillis

I was always falling out of trees, 

And slipping in the rain. 

Momma sighed as she nursed my scratches and scraps, 

Girl, why you gotta learn the hard way? 

I fell fast, around seventeen, 

Momma said she saw it coming, 

As we drove off in his jacked up car. 

Girl, Why you gotta learn the hard way? 

I never liked the sound of good advice, 

When I should have thought it over, 

I never did think twice. 

I like to play with matches, 

though I've had to walk through fire. 

I don't have an excuse 

it's just the way my heart was wired. 

Oh i learn the hard way