Spirit Of A Boy, Wisdom Of A Man Lyrics - Tennessee Plates - Mark Collie

He was sixteen, tender and tough 

She was too, and he'd do anything to prove his love 

With so much riding on the choice at hand 

The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man 

Hearts caught fire and love ran wild 

She cried the day she called to say she was having his child 

With so much riding on the choice at hand 

The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man 

There's a constant contradiction, what feels good and what feels right 

But you live with decisions that you make in your life 

And what steers your direction is hard to understand 

The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man 

Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas, hauling cars out to the coast 

It ain't the dream that he remembered, just a few short years ago 

But tonight at a truck stop, while drinking a cup 

The waitress grins and winks at him and says, "My shift's almost up"