Keep it simple stupid
You've gotta learn to trust your gut
Or you'll figure out
How to really screw a good thing up
Like when I re-recorded
Half my early catalog
It sounded commercial
Wound up pissin' my core fan base off
But it wasn't my intention
Hell, I thought it made a lotta sense
"Go back, and try again
Add a few more instruments"
Turned out to be a shit show
And I got to be the star
That record was a big flop
And it nearly broke my heart
But I learned my lesson
I learned my lesson, well
I learned my lesson
Quit second-guessin' myself
I learned my lesson
Sometimes there ain't nothin' wrong
With leavin' "well enough" alone
Leavin' "well enough" alone
"Don't be too insecure"
I think its the root of my distress
Never felt good enough
Even when I's at my best
Like when I played the Opry
Some people said I stole the show
All I remember's
Steppin' on that man's guitar solo
I never heard a compliment
Without some asshole in my head
Puttin' me down
Tellin' me I'll never be worth a shit
But I got tired of bein' picked on
So I punched him in the mouth
I'm still a long way from perfect
But he's nicer to me now
Yeah, I learned my lesson
I learned my lesson, well
I learned my lesson
Now, I ain't so hard on myself
I learned my lesson
Sometimes there ain't nothin' wrong
With leavin' "well enough" alone
I've seen my expectations
Go higher than I could climb
And damn it hurt
To watch 'em spiral in a steep nosedive
Like when that record man said
"Son you ain't go what it takes
This business ain't got much to do
With how you sound these days
You ain't got the jawline or the biceps
You don't fill out your jeans
And worst of all
You wanna hog all of the publishin'"
I wasted a bunch o' years
Tryin' to prove that bastard wrong
But he was tellin' me the truth
I kinda knew it all along
But I learned my lesson
I learned my lesson, well
I learned my lesson
Quit second-guessin' myself
I learned my lesson
Sometimes there ain't nothin' wrong
With leavin' "well enough" alone
Leavin' "well enough" alone
Leavin' "well enough" alone
