Six Years Old

Album: Through My Eyes (2000)
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  • This was the first song that Hunter Hayes ever wrote. He told American Songwriter: "I actually wrote it when I was six. I wrote it for myself and actually recorded it for an early independent album when I was seven, a decision I sometimes regret as the song made very little sense and now it'll live on forever!"

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