When I Was Down - 1takechic

I had the shit 'til it all got smoked I kept the promise 'til the vow got broke I had to drink from the lovin' cup I stood on the banks 'til the river rose up I saw the bride in her wedding gown I was in the house when the house burned down I may be old and I may be bent But I had the money 'til it all got spent I had the money 'til they made me pay Then I had the sense to be on my way I had to stay in the underground I was in the house when the house burned down I was in the house when the house burned down I met the man with the thorny crown I helped Him carry his cross through town I was in the house when the house burned down I was in the house when the house burned down I met the man with the thorny crown I helped Him carry his cross through town I was in the house when the house burned down I had the shit 'til it all got smoked I kept the promise 'til the vow got broke I had to drink from the lovin' cup I stood on the banks 'til the river rose up I saw the bride in her wedding gown I was in the house when the house burned down

Rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young When I was young I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls I had a that yen And I had quite a ball When I was young When I was young it was more important Pain more painful and laughter not louder, yeah When I was young When I was young I met my first love at thirteen She was brown and I was pretty green And I learned quite a lot When I was young When I was young When I was young it was more important Pain more painful and laughter not louder, yeah When I was young When I was young My faith was so much stronger then I believed in fellow men And I was so much older then When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young