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 gettin'
   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.