[00:00.64]Once I was seven years old, my mama told me[00:05.52]Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.[00:08.98]Once I was seven years old.[00:13.79][00:17.06]It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger.[00:21.36]Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker.[00:25.45]By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor[00:29.79]Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure[00:33.40]Once I was eleven years old, my daddy told me[00:37.50]Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.[00:41.71]Once I was eleven years old.[00:45.58][00:48.41]I always had that dream like my daddy before me[00:54.18]So I started writing songs, I started writing stories[00:58.15]Something about the glory, just always seemed to bore me[01:02.55]Cause only those I really love will ever really know me[01:06.42]Once I was twenty years old, my story got told[01:11.41]Before the morning sun, when life was lonely.[01:14.65]Once I was twenty years old.[01:18.10][01:17.89]And everybody's watching her[01:21.54]But she's looking at you, ooh, ooh[01:25.27](You )[01:37.70][01:39.12]Baby, this is what you came for[01:43.71]Lightning strikes everytime she moves[01:49.95][01:55.64]I'm still learning about life[01:58.01]My woman brought children for me[01:59.98]So I can sing them all my songs[02:02.61]And I can tell them stories[02:04.18]most of my boys are with me[02:06.02]Some are still out seeking glory[02:07.80]And some I had to leave behind[02:10.77]My brother I'm still sorry[02:12.38]Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61[02:15.68]Remember life and then your life becomes a better one[02:19.51]I made the man so happy when I wrote a letter once[02:24.35]I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month[02:27.59]Soon I'll be 60 years old, will I think the world is cold[02:32.81]Or will I have a lot of children who can bore me[02:36.66]Soon I'll be 60 years old[02:40.16][02:40.98]Ooh...[02:43.83]Baby, this is what you came for[02:49.61]Lightning strikes everytime she moves[02:55.16]And everybody's watching her[02:59.63]But she's looking at you, ooh, ooh[03:06.28](You)[03:14.48][03:17.90]Once I was seven years old, my mama told me[03:21.83]Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.[03:25.49]Once I was seven years old.[03:38.68]