[Chorus 1]
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

[Verse 1]
It was a big, big world, but we thought we were bigger
Pushin' each other to the limits, we were learnin' quicker
By eleven smokin' herb and drinkin' burnin' 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 writin' songs, I started writin' stories
Somethin' about that glory, just always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me

[Chorus 3]
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the mornin' sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old

[Chorus 4]
Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold
We've traveled around the world and we're still roamin'
Soon we'll be thirty years old

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus 5]
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
[Chorus 5]
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

[Chorus 1 recap]
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

[Outro]
Once I was seven years old