I thought I knew it all
I really thought I knew it all
Who said
Who said
"Not the way I thought"

I was born in a shoebox living in a shoe
By the time I was five I was moved outside
To the backyard right beside the garbage can
Sitting by the oak tree I used to climb
With an alley cat who lived down the street
Right across from the junkyard
In between a bank and a courthouse
Guarded by a mean old dog
Who would run down the alleyway
Chasing us back to the oak tree
Up in the backyard over by the house
With the closet and the shoebox where I was born

I thought I knew it all
I really thought I knew it all
Who said
Who said
"Not the way I thought"

I was 15 going on 25
Sucking on a Colt .45 in the backseat
Of a Trans Am with the tape deck busted
Dag-gone radio playing everything but the good songs
In the summertime on a Saturday
We would take the highway down to the lake
For a swim and a cooler and a bucket of ice
In the sunshine sipping on the moonshine
Sure beats living in a shoebox

I thought I knew it all
I really thought I knew it all
Who said
Who said
"Not the way I thought"

I thought I knew it all
I really thought I knew it all
Who said
Who said
"Not the way I thought"

I thought I knew it all

Now I live on the back roads
Out near the boondocks
Running from the same old dog
With the alley cat drooling from the mouth
'cause he's old and there's no more oak tree no trash can
No broke tape deck in a red Trans Am going down to the lake
That's all dried up
And I'm sitting on a fence
But I got no cooler and I got no ice
Just thinking about how much I miss my shoebox

I thought I knew it all
I really thought I knew it all
Who said
Who said
"Not the way I thought"

I thought I knew it all
I really thought I knew it all
Who said
Who said
"Not the way I thought"

I thought I knew it all