Once I was seven years old, my momma told me Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely Once I was seven years old It was a big, big world, we thought we were bigger Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker Buying leather, smoking herbal drugs, burning liquor Never rich so we were out to make the steady bigger Once I was twenty years old, my story got told I was writing about everything I saw before me I was twenty 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 care about me Soon I'll be sixty years old Once I was seven years old