If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnWhen you get knocked down you gotta get back up,nI ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know,nIf your gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnnI lit my brain with Rot-Gut whiskeyn'Till all my pain was chicken friednAnd I had dudes with badges frisk menTeach me how to swallow pridennI took advice no fool would takenI got some habits I can't shakenI ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to knownIf you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnnnIf you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnWhen you get knocked down, you gotta get back upnThat's the way it is in life and lovenIf you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnnnI've been up and down and down and outnI've been left and right and wrongnWell I've walked the walk and I've run my mouthnI've been on the short end for too longnnBut if they gave medals for honky tonk warsnHell, I'd keep mine in my chest of drawersnWith my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuffnIf you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnnnIf you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnWhen you get knocked down, you gotta get back upnI ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to knownIf you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be toughnnIf you're gonna be dumb you gotta be toughn