TWENTY DOLLARS
OUT OF MAMA'S PURSE
BOUGHT US
A TANK OF GAS
AND SOME
REDMAN TOBACCO WHEN
WE WERE JUST
TEENAGE KIDS
AND ME
AND MY OLD BUDDY
LEROY
WE'D GO DRIVIN' AROUND
IF THERE WAS TROUBLE
TO BE FOUND
THEN MAN
WE DANG SURE DID
CUTTIN' DOUGHNUTS
IN THE FIELDS
SO OLD MAN SMITH
WOULD CALL THE COPS
HE'D COME RUNNIN' OUT
WITH A SHOTGUN
'CAUSE WE WAS
RUNNIN' DOWN
HIS CROPS
AND I RECKON
HE'S STILL WONDERIN'
WHO THAT WAS
BUT THAT WAS US
SOME OF THESE
LOCAL BOYS MOVED ON
BUT WE NEVER
CHANGED A BIT
NEVER HAD
A LICK OF SENSE
LEAST THAT'S
WHAT SOME FOLKS SAID
AND THEN WE FINALLY
TURNED OLD ENOUGH
TO BUY OUR OWN BEER
I DON'T REMEMBER
MUCH ABOUT THAT YEAR
JUST LUCKY
THAT WE AIN'T DEAD
SOMEBODY SAID
THEY SAW SOME BOYS
WITH A TRUCK
LOOKED JUST LIKE MINE
TRYIN' TO PULL DOWN
THAT OLD WATER TANK
SITS OUT
ON THE COUNTY LINE
AND PEOPLE WONDER
WHY IT LEANS
THE WAY IT DOES
BUT THAT WAS US
IT SEEMS LIKE
SMALL TOWNS
NEVER CHANGE
BUT THINGS GET TOUGH
WHEN TIMES GET HARD
AND THEY SAID
WHEN HE GOT SICK
THAT OLD MAN SMITH
WOULD'A LOST THAT FARM
'CAUSE HE WAS GETTIN'
WAY BEHIND
ON ALL HIS BILLS
BUT SOMEONE CAME
AND BROUGHT
HIS CROPS IN
FROM THE FIELDS
YEAH
AND FOLKS 'ROUND HERE
STILL DON'T KNOW
WHO THAT WAS
BUT THAT WAS US
YEAH THAT WAS US
THAT WAS US
YEAH THAT WAS US
THAT WAS US
YEAH THAT WAS US
THAT WAS US