RIDING FENCES

VERSE 1:
SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE A CONFUSING TIME IN LIFE
BEGAN TO REALIZE MY HOPES AND FEARS
HAD A CHRISTIAN MAMA WHO RAISED SIX KIDS ON HER OWN
I WENT TO CHURCH BY THE TWIST OF AN EAR
AGAINST HER BETTER JUDGMENT I CHOSE THE ROWDY SIDE OF LIFE
DECIDED I WAS GONNA BE WILD AND FREE
FIGURED LIFE’S TOO SHORT, 
WAS GONNA DO IT ALL RIGHT NOW
BESIDES No ONE REALLY MATTERED BUT ME

CHORUS:
AND SHE SAID SON YOU GOTTA STOP RIDING FENCES
YOU GOTTA JUMP OFF AND CHOOSE YOUR SIDE OF GROUND
MEET YOUR TROUBLES EYE TO EYE,CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF LIFE              
NOW DO YOUR BEST NOT TO LET YOUR MAMA DOWN

VERSE2:
AS TIME WENT ON IT GOT HARDER TO KEEP ME SATISFIED
WEREN’T TOO MANY THINGS THAT I AINT DONE OR I AINT TRIED
WENT THRU WOMEN AND WHISKEY, EVEN THE RODEO
I DIDN’T LEARN A THING I ALREADY DIDN’T KNOW
AS TIME WOULD HAVE THE LAW CAME AND KNOCKED ON MY DOOR
SAID BOY COME WITH US YOU WON’T BE RUNNIN’ ANYMORE
IT WAS AT THAT POINT I FELT LIKE MY LIFE WAS AT IT’S END  
FELT I DIDN’T HAVE A FRIEND LEFT IN THE WORLD

CHORUS:
AND THEY SAID BOY YOU BETTER STOP RIDIN’ FENCES
JUMP OFF AND CHOOSE YOUR SIDE OF GROUND
MEET YOUR TROUBLES EYE TO EYE CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF LIFE
NOW COME ON BOY YOUR JUST LETTING YOURSELF DOWN


VERSE 3
IT WAS THERE AN OLD MAN ASKED ME IF WE COULD TALK AWHILE
GETTIN’ ALONG IN YEARS BUT HE HAD A HEALTHY SMILE
HE SAID SON THE ANSWER TO YOUR LIFE AINT NOTHIN’ YOU CAN SEE
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH IT’S ALL THAT YOU NEED

CHORUS
AND HE SAID SON YOU GOTTA STOP RIDIN’ FENCES
YOU BETTER JUMP OFF AND CHOOSE YOUR SIDE OF GROUND
MEET YOUR TROUBLES EYE TO EYE,CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF LIFE
AND DO YOUR BEST NOT TO LET YOURSELF DOWN

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YOU’VE GOT TO DO YOUR BEST NOT TO LET YOURSELF DOWN