Wade Hayes – Old Enough to Know Better, is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Wade Hayes. It was released in November 1994 as the first single and title track from his debut album Old Enough to Know Better, as well as his debut single. The song is also his only Number One hit, having reached its peak on the Billboard country charts in February of that year. It was written by Hayes and Chick Rains. Debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 19, 1994.
Is a moderate up-tempo that begins with a fiddle solo. The male narrator tells of how a lifestyle of nighttime partying leaves him short on money and criticized by his boss. The narrator then concludes that he is “old enough to know better, but still too young to care”.
Wade Hayes – Old Enough to Know Better
From the album Old Enough to Know Better
B-side “Family Reunion”
Released November 14, 1994
Genre Country
Length 3:39
Label Columbia Nashville 77739
Songwriter(s) Wade Hayes Chick Rains
Producer(s) Don Cook
COUNTRYPEDIA
Wade Hayes – Old Enough to Know Better lyrics
Neon lights, draw me like a moth to a flame
Mama raised me right that just leaves me to blame
When I get a little sideways on a honky-tonk tear
I’m old enough to know better but I’m still too young to care
Cowgirls with an attitude boots and tight blue jeans
Take my mind off doing right and doing other things
When the weekend’s gone, I won’t have a dime to spare
I’m old enough to know better, but I’m still too young to care
Monday morning, I wake up with a hammer in my hand
The boss-man yelling something at me that I don’t understand
I don’t know how I got to work, but I sure know I’m there
I’m old enough to know better, but I’m still too young to care
When the eagle flies on Friday, well he barely leaves the ground
I’ve got just enough left to get dressed up and head back to town
Boss says, “Son having all that fun won’t get you anywhere”{
I’m old enough to know better, but I’m still too young to care
Monday morning I wake up with a hammer in my hand
The boss-man yelling something at me that I don’t understand
I don’t know how I got to work, but I sure know I’m there
I’m old enough to know better, but I’m still too young to care
I’m old enough to know better, but I’m still too young to care
GENIUS
