Billy Strings - If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough Lyrics

Billy Strings Lyrics

"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"
(from "jackass: best and last" soundtrack)

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

I lit my brain with rotgut whiskey
Till my pain was chicken-fried
And I had dudes with badges frisk me
And teach me how to swallow pride
I took advice no fool would take
And I've got some habits I can't shake
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
Well, that's the way it is in life and love
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

I've been up and down and down and out
I've been left and right and wrong
I walked the walk and I ran my mouth
I've been on the short end for too long
But if they gave medals for honky-tonk wars
Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest of drawers
With my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough

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"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough" lyrics

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