If I'd been any other place
On any other day
If it had been another time

Or any other way
If I'd been someone else's kid
I might not 'a done the things I did.


I might not 'a sang the songs I've sung
Thought the thoughts I've thought

Hung with whom I've hung
Fought the ones I fought
Read the books I read

Wrote the things I've wrote
Said the things I've said
That got your precious goat


I might not a burned the wax I've burned
Done some things I shouldn't

Learned what I have learned
Promised things I couldn't
Slept the days I've slept

Woke the nights I've woke
Kept the words I've kept
Broke the ones I've broke


Chorus
I might not a turned the soil I've turned

Prayed the hopes I prayed
Burned the fields I've burned
Made the mess I've made

Found the love I found
Hurt the times I've hurt
Gained some precious ground

Blackland family dirt

Might not a fished the holes I've fished

Dropped the balls I've dropped
Closed my eyes and wished
Then caught the ones I've caught

Drank the things I drank
Smoked the things I smoked
Sunk the boats I've sank

Choked the times I've choked

I might not a talked to my old man

And a few old men of others
Verified their plans
By talkin' to our mothers

Dodged my share of lead
Seen the strain of dyin'
Bled the way I bled

Felt the hope of tryin'

Chorus


I might not a turned the soil I've turned
Prayed the hopes I prayed

Burned the fields I've burned
Made the mess I've made
Found the love I found

Hurt the times I've hurt
Gained some precious ground
Blackland family dirt