[Verse 1]
Only fools would race down Grist Mill Road
Let alone in angry weather
That's what I tell everyone I know
Now that I know better
That's a lesson I wish I would learned
Without having' to watch my Mustang burn
Before my best buddy had to wind up hurt
An' his whole life changed
[Chorus]
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
[Verse 2]
Only a fool would keep a diamond ring
In a box on the top of his closet
He came so close; he almost asked
It was right there in his pocket
That's a lesson I wish I would learned
Before standing in the back row of that church
Watching her daddy giving her
To the man who took my place
[Chorus]
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
[Bridge]
Regret's been known to give a man a beating'
But I ain’t in the mood for fighting' back this evening'
[Verse 3]
Only fools don't take the time of day
They stay too busy running'
An' to stop just once to tell their Dad
Just how much they love him
That's a lesson I wish I would learned
Before that phone call came an' it was her
No, Mamma never had to say a word
I knew it was too late
[Chorus]
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
[Outro]
The hard way
The hard way
The hard way
Only fools would race down Grist Mill Road
Let alone in angry weather
That's what I tell everyone I know
Now that I know better
That's a lesson I wish I would learned
Without having' to watch my Mustang burn
Before my best buddy had to wind up hurt
An' his whole life changed
[Chorus]
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
[Verse 2]
Only a fool would keep a diamond ring
In a box on the top of his closet
He came so close; he almost asked
It was right there in his pocket
That's a lesson I wish I would learned
Before standing in the back row of that church
Watching her daddy giving her
To the man who took my place
[Chorus]
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
[Bridge]
Regret's been known to give a man a beating'
But I ain’t in the mood for fighting' back this evening'
[Verse 3]
Only fools don't take the time of day
They stay too busy running'
An' to stop just once to tell their Dad
Just how much they love him
That's a lesson I wish I would learned
Before that phone call came an' it was her
No, Mamma never had to say a word
I knew it was too late
[Chorus]
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
[Outro]
The hard way
The hard way
The hard way
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Sinners Like Me (2006)
- 61 Days In Church Volume 2 (2017)
Eric Church popular songs
- Mr. Misunderstood
- Record Year
- Springsteen
- Stick That in Your Country Song
- Some of It
- Like A Wrecking Ball
- Round Here Buzz
- Higher Wire
- Mixed Drinks About Feelings
- Three Year Old
- Monsters
- Talladega
- Kill A Word
- Heart Like a Wheel
- Knives Of New Orleans
- Desperate Man
- Holdin’ My Own
- The Snake
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones
- Hell of a View
- Why Not Me
- Hippie Radio
- Carolina
- Like Jesus Does