I was shooting hoops with my boy last night in the driveway
When I caught myself saying what you'd always say
Coaching the team down at the high school gym
And I thought, I sound just like you did
Coach, your lesson was waiting there
Till I could finally hear
I was young, I was dumb, and I knew everything
Though you tried, I had my mistakes to make
Like rain on the windshield those words washed away
If I'd listened then lord knows what heartache I coulda saved
I didn't get it then
Oh but how
I get it now
I had a chip on my shoulder almost all the time
But you saw the good in me no one else could find
You said, if you run with those Johnson boys, there'll be hell to pay
Then we crashed that car and I was lucky to walk away
You were there for me that night
Now I see you changed my life
I was young, I was dumb, and I knew everything
Though you tried, I had my mistakes to make
Like rain on the windshield those words washed away
If I'd listened then lord knows what heartache I coulda saved
I didn't get it then
Oh but how
I get it now
This life is a mystery - we see pieces of the plan
Hope I'll always be learnin' and sayin' when I look back
I didn't get it then
Oh but how
I get it now
Oh I get it now
Yeah I get it now