What Was I Thinkin'

Album: Dierks Bentley (2003)
Charted: 22
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  • Becky was a beauty from south Alabama
    Her Daddy had a heart like a nine pound hammer
    Think he even did a little time in the slammer
    What was I thinkin'
    She snuck out one night
    And met me by the front gate
    Her Daddy came out wavin' that twelve gauge
    We tore out the drive, he peppered my tailgate
    What was I thinkin'?
    Oh, I knew there'd be hell to pay
    But that crossed my mind a little too late
    'Cause I was

    Thinkin 'bout a little white tank top
    Sittin' right there in the middle by me
    I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss
    Man, just gotta get goin'
    Where the night might lead
    I know what I was feelin'
    But what was I thinkin'?
    What was I thinkin'?

    By the county line
    The cops were nippn' on our heels
    Pulled off the road and kicked it in four wheel
    Shut off the lights and tore through a corn field
    What was I thinkin'?
    Out the other side she was hollerin' faster
    Took a dirt road, had the radio blastin'
    Hit the honky tonk for a little close dancin'
    What was I thinkin'?
    Oh, I knew there'd be hell to pay
    But that crossed my mind a little too late
    'Cause I was

    Thinkin 'bout a little white tank top
    Sittin' right there in the middle by me
    I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss
    Man, just gotta get goin'
    Where the night might lead
    I know what I was feelin'
    But what was I thinkin'?

    When a mountain of a man
    With a "born to kill" tattoo
    Tried to cut in I knocked out his front tooth
    We ran outside hood slidin' like Bo Duke
    What was I thinkin'?
    I finally got her home at a half past, too late
    Her Daddy's in a lawn chair
    Sittin' on the driveway
    Put it in park as he started my way
    What was I thinkin'?
    Oh, what was I thinkin'?
    Oh, what was I thinkin'?
    Then she gave a come and get me grin
    And like a bullet we were gone again
    'Cause I was

    Thinkin 'bout a little white tank top
    Sittin' right there in the middle by me
    I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss
    Man, just gotta get goin'
    Where the night might lead
    I know what I was feelin'
    Yeah, I know what I was feelin
    But what was I thinkin'?
    What was I thinkin'?

    I know what I was feelin'
    But what was I thinkin'?
    Guess I was thinking about that tank top
    Those cutoffs Writer/s: Brett Beavers, Deric Ruttan, Dierks Bentley
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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