(wade hayes/chick rains)

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.