I'D LIKE TO SHARE OLD MEMORIES
AND TALK ABOUT MY HOME TOWN
SHE WAS A GOOD TIME PLACE THROUGH A LITTLE BOY'S EYES
SO AMAZED AT WHAT HE SAW
LIKE AN INDIAN MAN WITH HIS HAIR IN BRAIDS
AND A FEATHER JUST FOR SHOW
AND HIS BLACK EYED BABY AT HIS MAMA'S BREAST
BY THE STOVE IN THE GENERAL STORE
AND YOU COULD STILL GET STUCK ON MAIN STREET
IN THE SPRING IN A HEAVY RAIN
AND PLAY HIDE AND SEEK IN THE ALLEY
IN BACK OF THE CHINAMAN'S CAFÉ
AND THE FARMERS' WIVES WENT SHOPPING
WHILE THEIR MENFOLK SPENT SOME TIME
AT A PLACE THEY CALLED THE TEN CENT STORE
CAUSE A BEER JUST COST A DIME
AND A FIST FIGHT JUST OUTSIDE THAT DOOR
WOULD ALWAYS DRAW A CROWN
AND YOU KNOW IT NEVER ONCE OCCURRED TO ME
WHY WOMEN WEREN'T ALLOWED
CHORUS: AND HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT AND HE NEVER HAD A CARE
BUT MOTHER NATURE'S KEEPING TIME
SHE DON'T ALWAYS KEEP IT FAIR
NOW I'VE GOT THE TIME TO WRITE SOME LINES
ABOUT HAPPY TIMES I KNEW
AND BEING TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT
WAS THE BEST THAT I COULD DO
NOW THE BARBER SHOP AND POOL ROOM
THEY WERE ONE AND THE VERY SAME
AND WITH A BOARD ACROSS THE BARBER'S CHAIR
YOU COULD WATCH THEM PLAY THE GAME
AND LAYING PENNIES ON THE RAILROAD TRACK
WHEN THE PASSENGER CAME THROUGH
AND I SWEAR THAT A THOUSAND GOPHERS
STARED DOWN THE BARREL OF MY TWENTY TWO
AND HOCKEY GAMES AND COWBOY SHOWS
WAS A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME NOISE
AND I KNOW THAT EVERY FRIEND I HAD
THROUGH GIRLS WERE THE SAME AS THE BOYS
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW BIB OVERALLS
WOULD SOMEDAY BE IN STYLE
AND BOREDOM WAS A WORD
THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW FOR A QUITE A WHILE
NOW IT DON'T MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE
IT DON'T MATTER WHERE YOU DIE
STAY TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT
UNTIL YOU'RE EIGHTY FIVE
CHORUS: AND HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT AND HE NEVER HAD A CARE
BUT MOTHER NATURE'S KEEPING TIME
SHE DON'T ALWAYS KEEP IT FAIR
NOW I'VE GOT THE TIME TO WRITE SOME LINES
ABOUT HAPPY TIMES I KNEW
AND BEING TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT
WAS THE BEST THAT I COULD DO
