[00:00.00]Chayce Beckham – 23
[00:06.32]Composed by:Chayce Beckham
[00:14.97]Simple as my mama said when I was very young
[00:20.33]She told me not to worry son
[00:22.96]One day you’ll be someone
[00:25.86]But here I am at twenty one
[00:28.60]As loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
[00:31.35]I’m sorry mamma
[00:32.76]Please don’t look at me
[00:40.55]When I got to oklahoma I was seventeen
[00:43.24]My papa taught me how to work and lord he was mean
[00:46.42]Workin’ all day in that august heat
[00:48.77]And he taught me how to fish
[00:50.14]My uncle taught me how to drink
[00:55.56]Well I went california and I had me a band
[00:58.46]And we played in all the bars in all the southern lands
[01:01.39]We played all night and we drank for free
[01:04.16]All of my boys and me
[01:10.87]Now I’m 23 and therе ain’t nobody
[01:14.78]Who can drink like me
[01:16.37]Soon I’ll be 24 and thе lord knows
[01:19.89]That I can’t drink no more
[01:21.89]I know I shoulda taken it slow
[01:24.53]It’s not the way that my life goes
[01:29.32]Now I know
[01:36.43]When you’re passed out on the floor
[01:40.84]You’re sober by 24
[01:51.49]Well I had a girl who loved me the
[01:53.25]Whole damn time
[01:54.38]And I’d drink my whiskey and she’d drink wine
[01:57.30]But soon my bottle was too much to company
[02:06.36]Yeah we’d sit on the river and we’d fish all day
[02:09.36]And we’d drive across the country let the radio play
[02:12.28]Seven damn years I never thought she’d leave
[02:21.76]Now I’m 23 and there ain’t nobody
[02:25.77]Who can drink like me
[02:27.26]Soon I’ll be 24 and the lord knows
[02:30.83]That I can’t drink no more
[02:32.80]I know I shoulda taken it slow
[02:35.43]It’s not the way that my life goes
[02:40.23]Lord I know
[02:47.35]When you’re passed out on the floor
[02:51.77]You’re sober by 24
[03:08.16]Simple as my mama said when I was very young
[03:14.98]She told me not to worry son
[03:18.45]One day you’ll be someone
[03:22.32]But here I am at twenty one
[03:26.02]As loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
[03:29.70]I’m sorry mamma
[03:31.87]Please don’t look at me