Karen O - If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough lyrics

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If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down you gotta get back up, I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer But I know enough, to know, If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough I drenched my brain with Rot-Gut whiskey Till my pain was chicken fried And I had dudes with badges frisk me Teach me how to swallow pride I took advice no fool would take I got some habits I can’t shake I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer But I know enough to know If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up That’s the way it is in life and love If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough I’ve been up and down and down and up I’ve been left and right and wrong Yeah, I’ve walked the walk and I’ve run my mouth On the short end for too long If they gave medals for honky tonk f@#kin wars Hell, I’d put mine in my chest of drawers With my irs bills and divorce papers and all that stuff If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough (Everybody!) If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer But I know enough to know If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough (one more time) If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough