Size Up

I've been living inside of hand-me-downs
From the day I learned to crawl
'Cause everything gets another go 'round
When the wolves are at the door
Threadbare shirt, we were poor as dirt
There was a lot of growing up into
So I put a lot of holes in a lot of belts
Walked a lot of miles in a lot of old shoes

When you're wearing a size up
It's gonna make you wise up
You gotta keep your eyes up
Give yourself a little room to grow into
You better just size up if you're ever gonna rise up
Or you're gonna get mixed up, messed up
Hard up, scarred up, broken, and blue

Never left the school of the golden rule
Held on to what was true
But it's hard to get too big for your boots
If your boots are too big for you
There were shoes to fill
Sometimes the hills were more than I could climb
You just dig a little deeper when the mountain gets steeper
Get there in your own sweet time

You better just size up if you're ever gonna rise up
You gotta keep your eyes up
Give yourself a little room to grow into
When you're wearing a size up
It better make you wise up
Or you're gonna get mixed up, messed up
Hard up, scarred up, broken, and blue

When the hills you've climbed make you feel inclined
To feel like a hand-me-down
Just take a deep breath, there's a lot of life left
So take it for another go 'round
I was bruised and battered, I was torn and tattered
Like a washed up worn out shoe
Now I'm spending every minute of the rest of my days
Growing up into you

When you're wearing a size up
It's gonna make you wise up
You gotta keep your eyes up
Give yourself a little room to grow into
You better just size up if you're ever gonna rise up
Or you're gonna get mixed up, messed up
Hard up, scarred up, broken, and blue
Or you're gonna get mixed up, messed up
Hard up, scarred up, broken, and blue