That's How I Got To Be This Way
ESP 1135
Caller Elmer Sheffield Jr.
OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER
Circle left
*I rolled my daddy's truck off the Dicksonville curve
After drinkin my fifth beer
The men star right and you roll it round
Left allemande and weave the ring
Yeah...yeah
When you meet you promenade the ring
I'm a little bit harder, and a whole lot smarter
That's how I got to be this way
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*I got my jaw jacked by a big ol' boy
For messing around with his girlfriend
*I've been bit, I've been burned but I've lived and I've learned
I've made some mistakes that's true
FIGURE
Heads square thru count 'em 4 hands round
You make a right hand star
The heads star left, roll it one time and then
Same pair and do a dosado
Swing thru and then the boys trade
Swing the corner lady round and promenade
I'm a little bit harder, and a whole lot smarter
That's how I got to be this way
TAG
A little bit harder, a whole lot smarter
That's how I got to be this way

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