Video When I Was A Kid de Alan Crossland 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Alan Crossland - When I Was A Kid Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was a kid
The old man would cuss like a sailor
He'd take the old lady and beat her
When I was a kid

[Verse 2]
When I was a kid
The old man would get drunk in Rye town
Stumble and stink and fall down
When I was a kid

[Chorus]
And the West Texas weather would change with each dawn
There were days I would wake and I'd wish he were gone
I'd peek towards the kitchen and see him sittin' there
Below a sixty-watt light bulb with dirt in his hair
My old man had dirt in his hair

[Verse 3]
When I was a kid
Mama found refuge in church pews
Where asking for forgiveness was not new
When I was a kid

[Verse 4]
When I was a kid
Mama would sit on the porch swing
She'd pray and then cry—it was routine
When I was a kid
[Chorus]
And the West Texas weather would change with each dawn
There were days I would wake and I'd wish he were gone
I'd peek towards the kitchen and see him sittin' there
Below a sixty-watt light bulb with that stone cold stare
Like there was evil in the air

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
When I was a kid
We'd dig through the trash cans to find things
Selling pop bottles for ice cream
When I was a kid

[Verse 6]
When I was a kid
The old man would beat us for stealin'
Then take all our money for drinkin'
When I was a kid

[Chorus]
And the West Texas weather would change with each dawn
There were days I would wake and I'd wish he were gone
I'd peek towards the kitchen at that son of a bitch
The drool on the stubble and the stink of the stench
That old whiskey stench
[Verse 7]
And now I'm a man
I take the old lady and beat her
I rant and I rave like some sailor
'Cause I
I'm a man