Lessons From An Old Man

Outrun your wild side before you buy that ring The house on a hill don't make you a king Big fancy car get you nowhere real fast It ain't always the good guy comin' in last It ain't all about money, but money is nice There's nothin' wrong with whiskey, just keep Sundays dry There's makin' a livin' and there's makin' a life Lessons from an old man, made a young man wise 5 o'clock comes slow, but the years sure fly by Don't let 'em tell you that grown men don't cry The dog's gonna hunt and the horse's gonna run Keep the wind at your back and your face to the sun It ain't all about money, but money is nice There's nothin' wrong with whiskey, just keep Sundays dry There's makin' a livin' and there's makin' a life Lessons from an old man, made a young man wise Yeah Big high crown hat and a beat-up old Dodge Can still smell the cigar and the diesel burnin' hot He'd lean way on back and take one more puff He'd say, "I don't know it all, boy, but I know enough" Said, "I don't know it all, boy, but I know enough" It ain't all about money, but money is nice There's nothin' wrong with whiskey, just keep Sundays dry And I'm gonna miss him just talkin' 'bout life Lessons from an old man, made a young man wise Made a young man wise Made a young man wise