23 (Steel Mix)

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

When I got to Oklahoma, I was seventeen

My papa taught me how to work, and Lord, he was mean

Workin' all day in that August heat

And he taught me how to fish, my uncle taught me how to drink

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 company

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 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