This is The Life for Me

I was born in Oklahoma in 1969 My daddy played the honky tonks out on the county line One night he took me with him through those swingin' doors And I heard that country music, saw that crowded dance floor Dad made fifty dollars And I stayed up 'til three And I thought this is the life for me By the time I turned fourteen, I was pickin' lead guitar Everyday I went to school and at night I played the bars Two or three years later I noticed something strange All the looks that I was getting' from the girls began to change I knew right then and there What I was gonna be This is the life for me This is the life The only one I want to know Everyday another town and every night another show Ever since I was a boy, I've had this crazy dream Now I know it was meant to be This is the life, this is the life for me Well, I tried to go to college, just to see if I was wrong But that ain't the kind of knowledge that helps you write a country song I got my education on the wild side of life Through a cloud of smoke so thick that you could cut it with a knife There was no doubt about it As far as I could see This is the life for me This is the life The only one I want to know Everyday another town and every night another show Ever since I was a boy, I've had this crazy dream Now I know it was meant to be This is the life, this is the life for me Yeah, this is the life, this is the life for me