Just about sundown on the levee road near the old fishin' hole Teaching me to shoot straight and true was your only goal You threw a can up in the air and smiled I pulled the trigger, missed by a mile, you said Aim a little higher and you can't miss Bless that can with a shotgun kiss Aim a little higher, try it again Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher In later years on a river of tears I drifted home for a while Since shame was the only glory I'd ever known, I didn't change my style First night home I got drunk and confused Mistook you for a fool, you were not amused, you said Refrain 1: Aim a little higher, cause you're not livin' All this takin' son and never givin' Gonna catch up to you like a ball of fire Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher Refrain 2: Aim a little higher, you're shootin' too low Aim for the dirt and you'll never know Glorious redemption or heavenly hope Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher In those deceptive moments, in those deceptive days When the dung and the mire look like the high wire Will there be anyone who loves me enough to say? "You gotta aim a little higher, aim a little, aim a little higher" "You gotta aim a little higher, aim a little, aim a little higher" REFRAIN 1 REFRAIN 2 Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher