Raising a Rookie - Sister Hazel

If you ain’t hard, they won’t listen

If you ain’t tough then they will never understand

'Cause they’re strong like wild horses

They’re crazy as the wind

'Cause they don’t know what’s coming

And they rarely choose the way that you had planned

So you watch’em learn from falling

And help’em up if you can

Raising a rookie

Doing the best we can

Helping them find their way

It takes more than years to make a man

Raising a rookie

All I can do is light the road

I know it’s a heavy load, sometimes

God knows I’m tryin'

You see what makes them special

You’d do everything and anything it takes

Just to know that they would make it

Through the trials and the heartaches

Raising a rookie

Doing the best we can

Helping them find their way

It takes more than years to make a man

Raising a rookie

All I can do is light the road

I know it’s a heavy load, sometimes

God knows I’m tryin'

Oh I’m tryin'

And they teach you to be humble

While the time and the worry line your face

And you learn how to hold your breath

How a desperate heart can pray

Raising a rookie

Doing the best we can

Helping them find their way

It takes more than years to make a man

Raising a rookie

All I can do is light the road

I know it’s a heavy load, sometimes

God knows I’m tryin'

Raising a rookie

Doing the best we can

Helping them find their way

It takes more than years to make a man

Raising a rookie

All I can do is light the road

I know it’s a heavy load, sometimes

God knows I’m tryin'