Lyric I Hope It Rains At My Funeral

Can t send no fourteen year-old boy to no school
The only thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddy s farm
Was, "Son, you better get them crops in when it turns cool."

In the magazines, I saw the naked women
I heard about the drinkin and the bars
If my daddy could ve caught me, he d a-killed me
He said, "You might run, boy, but you ain t gonna get far."

I hit town or you might say that it hit me
Next mornin there were things I knew more about

The woman who had taken me in said, "Country boy, you re all right."
The same way I turned her on, she turned me out
The first law I broke, right away they got me
I helped them build the country roads for awhile
They fed me two times a day and knocked me down about four
For thirty days I didn t even crack a smile

I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby
She let me go and would never tell me why
I learned what it means to be somebody s baby
They let you lie in your bed by yourself and cry

The miles were good but the mileage is turnin my hair gray
I ve met some people that knew me and call me friend
Ain t no sense in wantin my life to live over
I d find different ways to make those mistakes again

So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody
Though I guess there s a few that I still couldn t look in the eye
If I ve got one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral
For once, I d like to be the only one dry