Learnin' by Doin' Lyrics

When I was young

The world was open wide

I had my dreams

Burning deep down inside

I thought that life

Would be sunny and breezy

Til I realized

The road ain't easy

No one told me

It'd be this way or that

Nobody handed my

A compass or map

I started out

Like a blind man in winter

All I wanted

Was to get someplace better

I was learnin by doin

Took a leap when I was only guessing

Learnin by doin

I got the scars to show for every lesson

Come on now

Most of life

Is just an uphill battle

Working long

Getting herded like cattle

When I get a break

From all this action

I go hunting

For some satisfaction

I am learnin by doin

Take a leap when I was only guessing

Now I'm learnin by doin

I got the scars to show for every lesson

Come on now

Now I'm older

And a little bit wiser

But happiness

Is still a tight-fisted miser

I do my work

And I delay my reward

Once in a while

I move a little bit forward

I was learnin by doin

Took a leap when I was only guessing

Now I'm learnin by doin

I got the scars to show for every lesson

Come on now