I HAD MY FUTURE
WRAPPED UP IN A PARCEL
NOONE EVEN THOUGHT
OF ASKING ME
THE DAY I TURNED 15
I CAUGHT THE MAIL TRAIN
TO FIND WHAT ELSE
MIGHT BE IN LIFE FOR ME
I RODE ON
TRUCKS 'N' TRAINS
AND LIVED ON NOTHING
SERVED ME RIGHT
FOR WANTING TO BE FREE
AH WELL THAT'S THE WAY
SOCIETY LOOKED AT IT
BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM
TO BE THAT WAY FOR ME
AND THE BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT
IN THE FAMILY WAS ME
THE ONLY TWISTED
BRANCH UP ON OUR
GOOD OLD FAMILY TREE
I JUST COULDN'T BE
THE PERSON THEY
EXPECTED ME TO BE
AND THE BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE
WORLD WAS ME
A LOT MORE DINNER TIMES
THAN THERE WERE DINNERS
I LEARNED A LOT
THAT HURT ME AT THE TIME
AND THAT'S WHY A
COUNTRY BOY WENT HOME
A DIFFERENT MAN
WITH A MEMORY OF
DISTANCE ON THE MIND
I ALWAYS TALKED TOO LOUD
AND LAUGHED TOO OFTEN
AND MAYBE DRANK
TOO MANY GLASSES DOWN
HO HO
AND PERHAPS MY CLOTHES
WERE OLDER
THAN I REALIZED
A RELIEF
TO ALL CONCERNED
WHEN I LEFT TOWN
AIN'T
THAT THE TRUTH
AND THE BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE
FAMILY WAS ME
THE ONLY TWISTED
BRANCH UP ON OUR
GOOD OLD FAMILY TREE
I JUST COULDN'T BE
THE PERSON THEY
EXPECTED ME TO BE
AND THE BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE
WORLD WAS ME
AND THE BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE
FAMILY WAS ME
THE ONLY TWISTED
BRANCH UP ON OUR
GOOD OLD FAMILY TREE
I JUST COULDN'T BE
THE PERSON THEY
EXPECTED ME TO BE
AND THE BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE
WORLD WAS ME
GOOD
ON YOU BROTHER