Once I was seven years old, my mama 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 smoking urban, drinking burning liquor.
Never rich, so we were out to make that steady figure.
Once I was years old.
Daddy told me, go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.
Once I was 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 years old, my story got told I was writing about everything I saw before me Once I was years old
Soon we'll be years old.
Songs have been sold.
Traveled around the world and we're still roaming Soon we'll be 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 a 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 years old.
Will I think the world is colder?
Will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be years old.
Soon I'll be years old.
Will I think the world is cold?
Will I have a lot of children who can hold me?
Soon I'll be years old.
Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,
Make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.
Once I was seven years old.
Once I was seven years old.
