Tougher

Me and Hannah did everything together

Said we'd be best friends forever

Then her mama got a job that was better, across the parish line

And I was one summer shy of 11

When Granddaddy took a ride up to Heaven

It ain't ever been an easy lesson on how to say goodbye

They say, "What don't kill you makes you stronger" and I believe that's right

Through every low-down beatin' this old heart's taken

A whisper in the dark says I won't make it

I know it's just the devil doin' what he does, tryin' to make me suffer

No matter what the battle is keeping me prayin'

I gotta be strong, I gotta keep saying

I'm gonna make it through, one way or the other

Life is tough, but this girl's tougher

I'm a sucker for a boy with blue eyes

A pair of boots and an old four-wheel drive

So, when I saw you in the July moonlight I thought, "Oh, good Lord"

I let you lay that sun kiss on me

And open up that truck door for me

Now I find out that I ain't the only girl you're doing that for

You're gonna get a good cry from me tonight, but nothin' more

Through every low-down beatin' this old heart's taken

A whisper in the dark says I won't make it

I know it's just the devil doin' what he does, tryin' to make me suffer

No matter what the battle is keeping me prayin'

I gotta be strong, I gotta keep saying

I'm gonna make it through it, one way or the other

Life is tough, but this girl's tougher

Than anything you throw my way

Yeah, I might bend but I won't break

You ain't the first, won't be the last to make me feel this way

Through every low-down beatin' this old heart's taken

A whisper in the dark says I won't make it

I know it's just the devil doin' what he does, tryin' to make me suffer

No matter what the battle is keeping me prayin'

I gotta be strong, I gotta keep saying

I'm gonna make it through it one way or the other

Life is tough, but this girl's tougher

Life is tough

But this girl's tougher