7 Years-Stereo Avenue

[00:00.00]7Years -Stereo Avenue [00:20.744]Once I was seven years old my mama told me [00:25.56]Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely [00:28.640]Once I was seven years old [00:36.784]It was a big big world but we thought we were bigger [00:40.775]Pushing each other to the limits we were learning quicker [00:44.990]By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor [00:48.982]Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure [00:52.766]Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me [00:57.118]Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely [01:00.502]Once I was eleven years old [01:09.27]I always had that dream like my daddy before me [01:12.699]So I started writing songs I started writing stories [01:16.739]Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me [01:20.782]'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me [01:24.830]Once I was twenty years old my story got told [01:29.294]Before the morning sun when life was lonely [01:32.549]Once I was twenty years old [01:40.998]I only see my goals [01:42.998]I don't believe in failure [01:44.902]'Cause I know the smallest voices they can make it major [01:48.814]I got my boys with me at least those in favor [01:52.783]And if we don't meet before I leave [01:54.903]I hope I'll see you later [01:56.863]Once I was twenty years old [01:59.94]My story got told [02:01.47]I was writing about everything I saw before me [02:04.461]Once I was twenty years old [02:12.565]Soon we'll be thirty years old [02:15.69]Our songs have been sold [02:17.37]We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming [02:20.484]Soon we'll be thirty years old [02:28.971]I'm still learning about life [02:30.835]My woman brought children for me [02:32.819]So I can sing them all my songs [02:34.859]And I can tell them stories [02:36.811]Most of my boys are with me [02:38.635]Some are still out seeking glory [02:40.811]And some I had to leave behind [02:42.843]My brother I'm still sorry [02:44.747]Soon I'll be sixty years old [02:47.131]My daddy got sixty-one [02:49.83]Remember life and then your life becomes a better one [02:52.507]I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once [02:56.811]I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month [03:00.667]Soon I'll be sixty years old [03:02.971]Will I think the world is cold [03:04.708]Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me [03:08.492]Soon I'll be sixty years old [03:16.630]Soon I'll be sixty years old [03:19.222]Will I think the world is cold [03:20.704]Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me [03:24.616]Soon I'll be sixty years old [03:32.803]Once I was seven years old [03:35.19]My mama told me [03:37.27]Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely [03:40.459]Once I was seven years old [03:48.803]Once I was seven years old