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If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough Lyrics by Roger Alan Wade

All Likkered Up

2005

[Chorus]
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
But I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
[Verse 1]
I lit my brain with rotgut whisky
Till my pain was chicken fried
I've had dudes with badges frisk me
Teach me how to swallow pride
I took advice no fool would take
I got some habits I can't shake
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
But I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
[Chorus]
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
That's the way it is in life and love
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
[Verse 2]
I’ve been up and down and down and out
I’ve been left in right and wrong
Well, I walk the walk and I run my mouth
Been on that short-in for too long
But if they gave medals for honky tonk wars
Hell, I’d keep mine in my chester drawers
With my RS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff
If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
[Chorus]
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
But I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
[Outro]
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
(Sewey!)
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Roger Alan Wade

Roger Alan Wade

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