[Intro]
      
    

[Chorus 1]
            
Once I was sev

          
en years old
              
my momma told 


me
              
go make yourse

              
lf some friend

              
s or you'll be

 
 lonely
            
once I was sev

                     
en years old

[Verse 1]
            
It was a big b

   
ig world
              
but we thought

              
 we were bigge

    
r

Pushing each other to the limits
             
we were learni

              
ng quicker
             
By eleven smok

   
ing herb
              
and drinking b

               
urning liquor
              
Never rich so 

              
we were out to

           
 make that ste

ady figure

[Chorus 2]
            
Once I was ele

         
ven years old
              
my daddy told 


me
              
go get yoursel

              
f a wife or yo

        
u'll be lonely
            
Once I was ele

              
ven years old

[Verse 2]
            
I always have 

    
that dream
              
like my Daddy 

           
before me

So I started writing songs
             
I started writ

             
ing stories
              
Something abou

         
t that glory
              
just always se

              
emed to bore m

  
e

Cause only those I really love
          
will ever real

ly know me

[Chorus 3]
            
Once I was twe

         
nty years old
             
my story got t

old
              
before the mor

              
ning sun, when

          
 life was lone

ly
            
Once I was twe

              
nty years old

[Verse 3]
           
  I only see m

  
y goals
              
I don't believ

                
e in failure

Cause I know the smallest voices
             
they can make 

           
it major
              
I got my boys 

            
with me at lea

              
st those in fa

    
vor

and if we don´t meet before I leave
         
I hope I see y

ou later

[Chorus 4]
            
Once I was twe

         
nty years old
             
my story got t

old

I was writing about everything
        
I saw before m

e
            
Once I was twe

                
nty years old

[Chorus 5]
            
Soon we´ll be 

        
30 years old
              
our songs have

      
 been sold

we've traveled around the world
              
and we´re stil

  
l roaming
            
Soon we´ll be 

              
30 years old

[Bridge]
            
I´m still lear

              
ning about lif

 
e
              
my woman broug

              
ht children fo

    
r me

so I can sing them all my songs
          
and I can tell

 them stories

  Most of my b

oys are with m

e
             
some are still

              
 out seeking g

    
lory

And some I had to leave behind
            
my brother, I´


m still sorry

[Chorus 6]
             
Soon I´ll be s

          
ixty years old
              
my daddy got s

     
ixty-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 chil

              
dren come and 


visit

once or twice a month

[Chorus 7]
             
Soon I´ll be s

          
ixty years old
              
will I think t

            
he world is co

ld
              
or will I have

          
 a lot of chil

dren who can w

arm me
             
Soon I´ll be s

                
ixty years old

[Chorus 7]
            
Soon I´ll be s

          
ixty years old
              
will I think t

            
he world is co

ld

or will I have a lot of children
        
who can warm m

e
            
Soon I´ll be s

                 
ixty years old

[Chorus 8]
            
Once I was sev

         
en years old,
              
my momma told 


me,
              
go make yourse

              
lf some friend

              
s or you'll be

 
 lonely
            
once I was sev

               
en years old

[Outro]
            
once I was sev

        
en years old