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
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 the steady ficker
Once I was eleven years old,
my daddy told me go Get yourself a wife 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
Cause only those I really love 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
Cause I know the smallest voices,
they can make it bigger
I got my boys with me, at least those in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave,
I hope I'll see you later
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
I was writing about 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 woman brought children to me
So I can sing them all my songs and I can tell them stories
Most of my boys 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,
will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Soon I'll be sixty years old,
will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old
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