Look toward the future and stop livin' in the past

Don't ever count your chickens out before they hatch

Stay out of situations that are none of your concern

Don't ever tell a stripper you've got money to burn

Keep your nose to the grind and your mind out of the gutter

Go light on the salt and take it easy on the butter.



Stay away from drugs that will send you to prison

Don't ever mix tequila with irrational decisions

Don't let ‘em see you sweat, for Heaven sakes don't cry

If you love your neighbor's wife, you better be prepared to die

Sometimes the right road is the hardest one to see

If she tells you she's 18, you better ask for some I.D.



(Chorus)

It's just some free advice.  You can take it, or leave it.

I've been all around the world and son I do believe 

It ain't the highly educated you should strive to be

It's the ones that make the most mistakes that wind up like me

That's the ones that are the smartest you see.



Don't mistake success with your personal possessions

If you're feeling down and lonely, son just, count your blessings

Don't waste your money on cheap women and booze

They'll both leave you broke and brother, any way you lose

You'll never find true love in a honky tonk dive

Don't ever tell a redneck that Elvis ain't alive.



Forget about the people that you can't seem to change

Don't ever bet it all on a late night poker game

And if you ever need a lawyer, well don't be scared to get it

Don't risk your life on a public defendant

Don't come home drunk with a tramp stamp tattoo

If you're pushing 250, skinny jeans are not for you.



(Repeat Chorus)



Now I don't know all the secrets to life.

There's some things that I still ain't got right.

I've done some livin', been lost and found.

Took every bad road that a man can go down.

I've dodged some bullets, well you can too.

Just listen to the words that I'm singin' to you.



(Repeat Chorus)