7 Years

[Intro]
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[Chorus]
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Once I was seven years old,
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my momma told me,
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go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
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once I was seven years old


[Verse]
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It was a big big world,
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but we thought we were bigger.

Pushing each other to the limits,
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we were learning quicker.
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By eleven smoking herb
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and drinking burning liquor
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Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure


[Chorus]
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Once I was eleven years old,
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my daddy told me,
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go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.
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Once I was eleven years old


[Verse]
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I always have that dream
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like my daddy before me

So I started writing songs
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I started writing stories
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Something about that glory,
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just always seemed to bore me,

Cause only those I really love
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will ever really know me


[Chorus]
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Once I was twenty years old,
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my story got told,
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before the morning sun, when life was lonely.
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Once I was twenty years old


[Verse]
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   I only see my goals,
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I don't believe in failure.

Cause I know the smallest voices,
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they can make it major,
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I got my boys with me at least those in favor

and if we don’t see before I leave,
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I hope to see you later.


[Chorus]
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Once I was twenty years old
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my story got told

I was writing about everything,
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I saw before me
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Once I was twenty years old


[Chorus]
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Soon we’ll be thirty years old
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our songs have been sold

we've traveled around the world
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and we’re still roaming
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Soon we’ll be thirty years old


[Verse]
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I’m still learning about life
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my woman brought children for me

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

Most of my boys are with me
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some are still out seeking glory

And some I had to leave behind
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my brother I’m still sorry


[Bridge]
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Soon I’ll be sixty years old
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my daddy got sixty-one
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remember life and then your life
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becomes a better one

I made a man so happy
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when I wrote a letter once
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I hope my children come and visit

once or twice a month


[Chorus]
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Soon I’ll be sixty years old
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will I think the world is cold
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or will I have a lot of children

who can warm me
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Soon I’ll be sixty years old


[Chorus]
Bm                 A     D
Soon I’ll be sixty years old
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will I think the world is cold

or will I have a lot of children
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who can warm me
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Soon I’ll be sixty years old


[Chorus]
Bm                     D
Once I was seven years old,
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my momma told me,
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go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Bm               A     D    G
Once I was seven years old


[Outro]
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Once I was seven years old