[Chorus 1]

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

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus 2]

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

[Verse 2]

I always had that dream like my daddy before me

So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

Something about that glory always seemed to bore me

Cause only those I really love will ever really know me

[Chorus 3]

Once I was 20 years old, my story got told

Before the morning sun, when life was lonely

Once I was 20 years old