Started a war when I quit school Broke my mama's heart and my daddy's rule I was as wrong as my new tattoo But folks are cool and some folks ain't I hit the road had it all figured Hitched a ride on a semi southbound Though I'd just float around But you can't float far On a hundred and some change I damn sure left that town for good Just to prove I could Got me a job didn't pay very much But saved up enough for an old fixer upper Motor was strong and she had good rubber On secondhand tires all the way around Bucket of rust that looked like hell Was the butt of the jokes my buddies would tell Until the day that Jenny Thompson fell For me and that rumbling muffler sound Drove a poor boy's truck Through a rich girl's neighborhood Just to prove I could Hell bent on a hell bound road I went further than she wanted to go Kept hitting the gas She was hitting the brakes I took some innocence That wasn't mine to take Wasn't one for going slow God I wish she'd have told me no Lost a life of love For a night of feeling good Just to prove I could Can't put my finger on The day the whiskey Stopped going down wrong I was as weak as it was strong When I crawled up inside that glass I had a friend try to pull me out Lord knows where he is now He told me I ought to put it down And I told him to kiss my ass I dropped him right there where he stood Just to prove I could Hell bent on a hell bound road My whole life spinning out of control It wasn't his business anyway I was too drunk to fight And way too gone to stay Wasn't one for backing down God I wish he'd have stood his ground Looked past a friend Looking out for my own good Just to prove I could You can only go on so long Losing yourself before your gone And there's no one left To tell you you're wrong And it's up to you to get it right There's those that said I never would But I finally started living like I should Just to prove I could