Once I was seven years old
Mama told me go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old
It was a big,
big world but we thought we were bigger
Pushing each other to the limits we were learning quicker
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
Once I was eleven years old My daddy told me go
pitch yourself for men or you'll be
lonely Once I was eleven years old
I always had that dream like my daddy before me
So I started writing songs I started writing stories
Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
Cuz only those I really loved will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old my story got told
Before the morning sun when life was
lonely Once I was twenty years old
I
only see my goals I don't believe in failure Cuz
I know the smallest voices they can make it major
I got my girls with me at least those in favor And if
we don't meet before I leave I hope I see you later
Once I was twenty years old my story got told
It was brightened by everything I saw before me
Once I was twenty
years old
Soon we'll be thirty years old Our songs have been sold
We've traveled around the world and we're
still roaming Soon we'll be thirty years old
I'm still learning about life My man brought children for me
So I can sing them all my songs And I can tell them stories
Most of my girls are with me Some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind My brother I'm still sorry
Soon I'll be sixty years old My daddy got sixty-one
Remember life and then your life becomes a better one
I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once I
hope my children come and visit once or twice a month
Soon I'll be sixty years old I think the world is colder
I have a lot of children who can bore me Soon I'll be sixty years old
I think the world is colder I have a lot of children who can bore me
Once I was seven years old My mama
told me go make yourself some friends
Or you'll be lonely Once I was seven years old
Once I was seven years old