Things I've Learned Lyrics

I can't give you a lot
Cause there's lots I ain't got
And all the time that has sped
Is branded on my brain
Simple and plain
The things I learned from life as it's led
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I learned them in the bed room
In the barroom
And in a hobo's hard luck tale
I learned them in the gray gloom
Of a back room
As the light began to fail

I know them in my head
The things that I've heard said
The things I've learned day to day
The lessons of the years
The truths and the fears
The memories are never far away
CHORUS:

I learned what I need to hear
And when to shut my ear
To things that make no sense
I learned how to reach
And I learned when to speak
And how to take the consequence
CHORUS:
I learned it in the bed room
In the barroom
And in a hobo's hard luck tale
I learned it in the gray gloom
Of a back room
As the light began to fail