Sometime while I was sleeping
we crossed into Virginia
I woke up and stepped out of the van
Ma’am, where�s the cigarettes?
She said, �Over there� with a southern drawl
I said do they all talk like you ‘round here?

Chorus

Sometimes what you donÂ’t know can hurt you
Sometimes you canÂ’t see right from wrong
YouÂ’re too blind to see
And too far down the road
and now sheÂ’s gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

Crystalline and hazy
The memory is crazy
You never know the way that it might go
Like laughinÂ’ under summer trees
Or stayinÂ’ close when the branches freeze
I guess this is all I was ever supposed to know

Bridge

Somehow IÂ’m gonna get up from this car wreck
Somehow IÂ’ll get up and walk away
After two months in intensive care
And half a year in God knows where
I am gonna pick up and move on

Last night while I was dreaming
My daddy came and spoke to me
He said, son ainÂ’t no man ever loved too good this way
All brain and no feelinÂ’
gets you screwed into the ceiling
DonÂ’t try so hard to figure out what to say

Chorus

‘Cause sometimes what you don’t know, it won’t hurt you
And it ainÂ’t so hard to see whatÂ’s right from wrong
Just open up your eyes
And take off that disguise
Boy, the way you dramatize
wonÂ’t make a heart thatÂ’s wise
YouÂ’re a man when you live inside your own skin
YouÂ’re a man when you live inside your own skin