The Hard Way [Private Music Album Version] Songtext

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 I was about to tell you the truth All the mistakes of my wasted youth Why I didn't make it home on time But you would have thought I was only lying And it's, 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 always believed I ran away But now I know you told me to go Maybe it's worked out better this way What could you say I didn't already know? And it's, 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 And it's, oh, the troubles we've known We seem to learn everything the hard way We're not old enough to be on our own But we're much too old to stay