Released November 1, 1999 Recorded 1999 Length 2:57 | Format CD Single Genre Country Label Atlantic | |
"Lessons Learned" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in November 1999 as the first single and title track from his album of the same name. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and at number 3 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks. Lawrence wrote the song with Larry Boone and Paul Nelson.
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Content
The song is a moderate up-tempo mostly accompanied by electric guitar and fiddle. Its narrator is a young man who was accused of stealing candy in a store when he was 10 years old. His father had shown him wrong from right, and taught him things that he should not do. He had then looked back at:
Lessons learned and they sure run deep They don't go away and they don't come cheap Oh, there is no way around it 'Cause this world turns on lessons learned.In the second verse, the narrator describes how much he loved his grandpa because he taught him to do more than his father did.
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 70 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated November 6, 1999, and charted for 29 weeks on that chart. It reached a peak of number 3 on the chart dated April 1, 2000. It was also Lawrence's only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.