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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 21 as loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
 I'm sorry, Mama, please don't look at me
 When I got to Oklahoma, I was 17
 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 23 and there ain't nobody who can drink like me
 Soon, I'll be 24 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 24
 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
 Yeah, 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 23 and there ain't nobody who can drink like me
 Soon, I'll be 24 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 24
 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 21 as loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
 I'm sorry, Mama, please don't look at me