I've Been Down That Road Before
Porter Wagoner

Now friend if you'll just listen to me

You'll get some good hard earned advice

Now I don't aim to meddle in your business

I'm just tryin' to save you an awful price.


You see these teeth that I ain't got and these knots on my bald head

I'll guarantee you boys I didn't get them there a lyin' home in the bed

Now take the smart alec in any town of him folks want no part

'Cause he acts like his head was only made to hold his ears apart.


Now he might act like what I'm bout to say

And my words would prob'ly make him sore

But I'm just tryin' to be helpful cause I've been down that road before

To bully folks and play mean tricks was once my pride and joy

Till one day I was toted home and mama didn't hardly know her little boy.


My head was swelled up so doggone big I couldn't get it through my front door

Now I'm not just talkin' to hear myself I've been down that road before

A little fellow about my size got tired of being puched about

So he went to work and when he got thru

He'd knocked every one of my teeth out.


One time too many I'd rubbed him wrong

And he evened up the score

Now that's what happens when you get too big for your britches

And I've been down that road before.


Now when you get to thinkin' you're really smart

There's somebody smarter than you

And no matter how much you boast and brag

You can still learn a thing or two.


Go get you some treatments just like I've had

And you won't hanker for more

I've really learned the meanin' of livin' and lovin'

Cause I've been down that road before.


Now the man that walks this rocky road usually gets just what he deserves

Cause he's just a helpless servant to a master that he serves

Now I've learned to slow my temper down

And not to pick no scraps no more

Boys it's a lot easier on the head and eyes

'Cause I've been down that road before...


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