I wanted lace, I wanted pearls, to be a princess like The other girls But life came hard, to my front door And I grew up trying To even out the score Tough, I ain't never been nothing but tough, all my edges have Always been rough But Jesus loves me anyway Oh backbone, there ain't nothing wrong with a woman that Got a little backbone You just wait 'til you taste her kind of love You want a shy little thing, a pretty little high heel thing Gonna cry if I don't polish up Tough The way I see it, the hand of fate, did me a favor, with The cards he dealt my way Found out real fast, life is a game You're out real quick if you don't know how to play, tough I ain't never been nothing but tough all my edges have always been rough But Jesus loves me anyway Oh backbone, there ain't nothing wrong with a woman that Got a little backbone You just wait 'til you taste her kind of love You want a shy little thing, a pretty little high heel thing Gonna cry if I don't polish up Are you serious? You ain't fooled me much You justa hanging round So you can try your luck Well tough, I ain't never been nothing but tough All my edges has always been rough You want a shy little thing, a pretty little high heel thing Gonna cry if I don't polish up You know what I got to say about that is tough