Had It Been a Boy (Live from The Road)

Had it been a boy,

My hands might not have been shakin' so bad

Staring at my future through that glass

With no lookin back

Had it been a boy

I'd known exactly what I's suppose to do

I'd have raised him up to follow in my boots I'd known all the rules

But had it been a boy,

I never would have learned how

To take a minute and slow down

Put a flower in a halo braid

Look at everything a different way

I would have never learned to talk sweet

Or live up to what she sees in me

Pink or blue would have been my pride and joy

But I wouldn't be the man I am

Had it been a boy

Had it been a boy

I'd probably still be thinkin I was tough

And not lookin' at her smilin', tearin' up

But thank God cause

But had it been a boy,

I never would have learned how

To take a minute and slow down

Put a flower in a halo braid

Look at everything a different way

I would have never learned to talk sweet

Or live up to what she sees in me

Pink or blue would have been my pride and joy But I wouldn't be the man I am

Had it been a boy

I wouldn't sit here and dread the day

She's walking down the aisle with a rose bouquet

Saying Daddy, it'll be okay

But had it been a boy,

I never would have learned how

To take a minute and slow down

Cause she's the reason that I learned to pray

Straighten up and change my ways

I would have never learned to talk sweet

Or live up to what she sees in me

Pink or blue would have been my pride and joy But I wouldn't be the man I am

Had it been a boy

Yeah, had it been a boy"