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