I Gave Two Teeth In A Teenage Brawl
For A Girl Whose Name I Can't Recall
Then We Broke Up
I Gave A Knee To The Football Team
Chasing That High School State Champ Dream
We Almost Won

I Gave Junior College Almost A Year
Then I Gave A Greyhound Twenty Bucks
And That's How I Got Here

I Give All My Money For A Slice Of Daily Bread
I Give Forty Honest Hours To A Boss I Never Met
And I Gave My Soul To Jesus At The Age Of Twenty-two
So There Ain't Much Left To Offer
But I Give My Heart To You

I Gave A Beard And A Head Of Hair
To A Boot Camp Corporal With A Barber's Chair
At Camp LeJeune
I Gave Uncle Sam What He Bargained For
Twenty-four Months, Not A Minute More
I Just Didn't Fit In

Then I Gave A High School Friend Of Mine A Call
And We Gave A Body Shop A Try
'Til We Gave Up Last Fall

I Gave A Beard And A Head Of Hair
To A Boot Camp Corporal With A Barber's Chair
At Camp LeJeune
I Gave Uncle Sam What He Bargained For
Twenty-four Months, Not A Minute More
I Just Didn't Fit In