Well my momma raised a scrapper and my daddy raised a fool But I'd straightened up my arrow if it meant I could have you And those cigarettes are flushed And the booze is all poured out But I need you to say yes cause I'm Jonesin' about now And I took you out that night that I had just turned 22 And you didn't mind the fact that I could not buy dinner for you You sat down in that gravel and you said "Look up at the stars" And you said that you thought God put us exactly where we are I'm exactly where I need to be Right inside your company And I never thought I'd be the man that'd fight the devil for your hand For your hand I'd go 90 down the highway In the sideways pouring rain If it meant that I could take back Just an ounce of your pain And I know I'm about as worthless As the dust upon the clouds But there's a way you give purpose To everyone you're around I'm exactly where I need to be Right inside your company And I never thought I'd be the man that'd fight the devil for your hand For your hand Well my momma raised a scrapper and my daddy raised a fool But I'd straightened up my arrow if it meant I could have you