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
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
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 major
I've got my boys with me
at least those in favour
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 travelled
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 for 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 the 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 momma told me go
make yourself some
friends or you'll be lonely
once I was
seven years old
Once I was
seven years old