The Hard Way Lyrics - Kind Hearted Woman - Michelle Shocked

If I was smart I would take your advice 

But I am not and so I have to think twice 

Never a lesson have I learned 

Without first being burned 

Oh, the troubles I've known! 

I seem to learn everything the hard way 

I'm not old enough to be on my own 

But I'm much too old to stay 

I was about to tell you the truth 

All the mistakes of my wasted youth 

And why I didn't make it home on time 

But you would have thought 

I was only lying 

I always believed I ran away 

But now I know I was told to go 

Maybe it's worked out better this way 

What could you say I didn't already know?