Lessons Learned

It's easy looking backward
And only seeing pain
The roads that nearly broke you
The storms you couldn't tame

You grow up dreaming white picket fences
Kids running through the yard
Then life starts dealing different cards
And showing who you are

I haven't always done the right things
Had the right words to say
I've made my share of mistakes
And I've paid along the way

But with all I've been through
I'd do it all again
I thank Jesus for the lessons learned

That made me a better man

Life's about the ups and downs
The friends we make along the way
The loves we find, the ones we lose
And the reasons that we stay

Nothing's ever guaranteed
Sometimes it's luck of the draw
But every sunrise reminds me
It's still God's world after all

I haven't always done the right things
Had the right words to say
I've made my share of mistakes
And I've paid along the way

But with all I've been through
I'd do it all again
I thank Jesus for the lessons learned

That made me a better man

I used to think success was measured
By all the things I could hold
Now I know the richest people
Ain't always made of gold

It's the scars that teach the lessons
And the hard roads that reveal
What really matters in this life

And what was always real

I haven't always done the right things
Had the right words to say
I've made my share of mistakes
And I've paid along the way

But standing where I'm standing now
Looking back on where I've been
I thank Jesus for the lessons learned

That made me a better man

No, I wouldn't change a thing
Not even when life got hard
'Cause every road that brought me here

Helped make me who I am