You Don't Know A Thing

Album: Indianola (2008)
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  • When you're young, you think you know it all
    Yeah, you're hot-rod cocky
    An' you stand there like a man an' say
    "There ain't nothin' strong enough to stop me"
    Until some beautiful girl, bare-legged an' sandaled
    Loosens her grip on everything you had handled

    You don't know how to drive till you get behind the wheel
    And you don't know how to play until you fin'lly take the field
    Well, you don't know how it'll go
    Where it'll land until you cut the deal
    You don't know what really matters until you risk it all
    Ain't nothin' that's worth winnin' if losin's not involved
    And if you're afraid to give away your heart and face what love brings
    Man, you don't know a thing

    You got your life all planned out
    Sure looks good on paper
    Until your American dream smacks up against
    The rising cost of labor
    'Cause as you do every job in your hometown,
    An' you learn how to survive when it all goes south

    You don't know how to drive till you get behind the wheel
    And you don't know how to play until you fin'lly take the field
    Well, you don't know how it'll go
    Where it'll land until you cut the deal
    You don't know what really matters until you risk it all
    Ain't nothin' that's worth winnin' if losin's not involved
    And if you're afraid to give away your heart and face what love brings
    Man, you don't know a thing

    When your knees all night
    With a child with a ragin' fever
    An' you realize this might be
    The last time you see her
    Life holds on, an' Faith holds on
    An' love holds that little tiny hand

    Well, you don't know how to drive till you get behind the wheel
    An' you don't know how to pray until you're scared of what you feel
    And if you're afraid to give away your heart and face what life brings
    Man, you don't know a thing
    You don't know a thing
    Hey, you don't know a thing
    Yeah Writer/s: RADNEY M. FOSTER, STEVE THOMAS AZAR
    Publisher: AZAR MUSIC GROUP, LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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