If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
I ain`t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

I drench my pain with rot-gut whiskey
Til my brain was chicken fried
And I had dudes with badges frisk me
To teach me how to swallow pride
I took advice no fool would take
I got some habits I can`t shake
I ain`t the sharpest two one hundred in the sack but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
That`s the way it is in life and love
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

I`ve been up and down and down and out
I`ve been strung out like a dog
I walk the yard and I run my mouth
Been on that short end for too long
But if they gave medals for needle tracks
F**k I`d keep mine in my outfit sack
With my rehab bills and parole intructions and all of that stuff
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
I ain`t the sharpest syringe in the sock but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you overdose you gotta get back up
That`s the way it is with drink and drugs
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
If you do too much you gotta get back up
I ain`t the smoothest piece in the kit but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
I ain`t the sharpest syringe in the sock but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
I ain`t the smoothest rig in the kit but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
I ain`t the sharpest rig in the ten pack but I know enough... to know
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
That`s the way it is with drink and drugs
If you`re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough