I learned to play guitar To the snapping of pine in a campfire And to this day, it don't matter where the stage The first chord I play still smells like smoke Play the same old songs until the ranger came and shut us down And I learned then what I live by now When you're Luckier than you ought to be Luckier by half Best not to forget How it came to pass I've broken strings on stages I never thought I'd get to see This is for the ones who've sung along the way This is for the dreamers in the Cheap Seats I may never love as pure As the love my mother gave to me And I may never backcheck as hard as my old man on Sundays at the MDC I hope they see a little bit of both when I play this old six string What I learned from them taught me to sing When you're Luckier than you ought to be Luckier by half Best not to forget How it came to pass I've broken strings on stages I never thought I'd get to see This is for the ones who've sung along the way This is for the dreamers in the Cheap Seats (So much better) There's a Nashville man who says He knows exactly how this came to be He wants to package up what we've done Sell it out on late night TV We built this thing on the backs of late nights down at the Bell in Hand And if you weren't there You wouldn't understand When you're Luckier than you ought to be Luckier by half Best not to forget How it came to pass I've broken strings on stages I never thought I'd get to see This is for the ones who've sung along the way This is for the dreamers in the Cheap Seats