I was 10 years old
The day I got caught
With some dime store candy
That I never bought
I hung my head and I faced the wall
As daddy showed me wrong from right
He said, "This hurts me more than it does you
There's just some things, son
That you just don't do
Is anything I'm sayin' getting through?"
Said, "Daddy, I can see the light"

Oh, lessons learned
And they sure run deep
They don't go away
And they don't come cheap
Oh, there's no way around it
As this world turns
Oh, lessons learned

Granddaddy was a man I loved
He bought me my first ball and glove
Even taught me how to drive his truck
Circling that ol' town square
He spoke of life with a slow southern drawl
But, I never heard him cause I knew it all
But, I sure listened when I got the call
That he was no longer there

Oh, lessons learned
And they sure run deep
They don't go away
And they don't come cheap
Oh, there's no way around it
As this world turns
Oh, lessons learned

Oh, lessons learned
And they sure run deep
They don't go away
And they don't come cheap
Oh, there's no way around it
As this world turns
Oh, lessons learned