I wrote you a letter To make myself feel better To redeem some part of me I thought I had lost And we were a lost cause Long before we fell apart 'Cause honey, I was too eager And you were too smart And I look for you

Life's not always fair Oh, life it's misunderstood me And dream of better days Life's not always fair or so they say So I close my eyes Or so they say Little old man contemplates Suicide twice a day

I bet my life for you (I bet my life) I know I took the path that you would never want for me So I, I bet my life, I bet my life I, I bet my life, I bet my life Now remember when I told you that's the last you'll see of me Remember when I broke you down

Hey pretty girl, won't you look my way? Hey pretty girl, can I have this dance? Hey pretty girl, it feels so right Life's a lonely, winding ride Better have the right one by your side And happiness don't drag its feet And time moves faster than you think

Goodbye, goodbye To all the fake people in my life I never wanted you around me So be on your way now You better think twice Before you let people in your life Because when you put down No one is around you You got a case of the fake people

If it takes a lifetime I got too far from my raising, I forgot where I come from And the line between right and wrong was so fine Well I thought the highway loved me But she beat me like a drum My day will come, if it takes a lifetime I've been working

I don't like this livin', I love it Sweet magnolia blue sky up above it I don't call Corolina just a place I visit I call Carolina home I don't like drinking beer, I love it On the back porch swinging with my honey So you better get to lovin' this living

I bet my life for you (I bet my life) I know I took the path that you would never want for me So I, I bet my life, I bet my life I, I bet my life, I bet my life Now remember when I told you that's the last you'll see of me Remember when I broke you down

Life is seen more clearly through our tears Cause we all find some faith When we face our fears When my life's goin like I want God becomes an after thought And I start trying to build my Heaven here A better believer would look to the skies And shout

I bet my life for you (I bet my life) I know I took the path that you would never want for me So I, I bet my life, I bet my life I, I bet my life, I bet my life Now remember when I told you that's the last you'll see of me Remember when I broke you down