Album: Bad for Me (2021)
Charted: 45
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  • Simple as my mama said, when I was very young
    She told me not to worry, son
    One day, you'll be someone
    But here I am at twenty-one
    As loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
    I'm sorry, mama
    Please don't look at me

    Yeah, when I got to Oklahoma, I was seventeen
    My papa taught me how to work and Lord, he was mean
    Working all day in that August heat
    And he taught me how to fish
    My uncle taught me how to drink

    Well, I went to California and I had me a band
    And we played in all the bars in all the southern lands
    We played all night, and we drank for free
    All of my boys and me

    Now I'm twenty-three and there ain't nobody who can drink like me
    Soon I'll be twenty-four and the Lord knows that I can't drink no more
    I know I shoulda taken it slow
    It's not the way that my life goes
    Now I know

    When you're passed out on the floor
    You're sober by twenty-four

    Well, I had a girl who loved me the whole damn time
    And I'd drink my whiskey and she'd drink wine
    But soon my bottle was too much to comfort me

    And we'd sit on the river and we'd fish all day
    And we'd drive across the country, let the radio play
    Seven damn years, I never thought she'd leave

    Now I'm twenty-three and there ain't nobody who can drink like me
    Soon I'll be twenty-four and the Lord knows that I can't drink no more
    I know I shoulda taken it slow
    It's not the way that my life goes
    Lord, I know

    When you're passed out on the floor
    You're sober by twenty-four

    Simple as my mama said, when I was very young
    She told me not to worry, son
    One day you'll be someone
    But here I am at twenty-one
    As loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
    I'm sorry, mama
    Please don't look at me Writer/s: Chayce Beckham
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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