7 Years - Jasmine Thompson.mp3

[00:17.80]Once I was seven years old,
[00:21.06]my mama told me,
[00:23.00]"Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely."
[00:26.33]Once I was seven years old
[00:29.37]
[00:34.31]It was a big big world,
[00:37.00]but we thought we were bigger
[00:38.85]Pushing each other to the limits,
[00:41.03]we were learning quicker
[00:42.75]By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
[00:46.63]Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
[00:50.83]
[00:50.93]Once I was eleven years old,
[00:53.24]my daddy told me,
[00:55.27]"Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely."
[00:58.71]Once I was eleven years old
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[01:07.09]I always had that dream,
[01:09.04]like my daddy before me
[01:11.07]So I started writing songs,
[01:13.34]I started writing stories
[01:15.07]Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
[01:19.13]'Cause only those I truly love will ever really know me
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[01:23.18]Once I was twenty years old,
[01:25.48]my story got told
[01:27.55]Before the morning sun,
[01:29.33]when life was lonely
[01:31.15]Once I was twenty years old
[01:34.09]
[01:39.39]I only see my goals,
[01:41.77]I don't believe in failure
[01:43.68]'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major
[01:47.67]I got my boys with me,
[01:49.86]at least those in favor
[01:51.82]And if we don't meet before I leave,
[01:54.05]I hope I'll see you later
[01:55.78]
[01:55.82]Once I was twenty years old,
[01:58.32]my story got told
[02:00.34]I was writing about everything I saw before me
[02:03.65]Once I was twenty years old
[02:06.97]
[02:11.92]Soon we'll be thirty years old,
[02:14.77]our songs have been sold
[02:16.58]We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming
[02:20.09]Soon we'll be thirty years old
[02:23.11]
[02:28.53]I'm still learning about life
[02:30.57]My woman brought children for me
[02:32.48]So I can sing them all my songs
[02:34.75]And I can tell them stories
[02:36.56]Most of my boys are with me
[02:38.45]Some are still out seeking glory
[02:40.37]And some I had to leave behind
[02:42.75]My brother, I'm still sorry
[02:44.47]
[02:44.52]Soon I'll be sixty years old,
[02:47.05]my daddy got sixty-one
[02:48.43]Remember life, and then your life becomes a better one
[02:52.60]I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once
[02:56.57]I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month
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[03:00.73]Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
[03:05.09]Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
[03:08.58]Soon I'll be sixty years old
[03:11.91]
[03:16.70]Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
[03:21.25]Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
[03:24.84]Soon I'll be sixty years old
[03:27.61]
[03:33.02]Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,
[03:37.67]"Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely."
[03:41.06]Once I was seven years old
[03:44.14]
[03:49.10]Once I was seven years old
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