Was It 26

Album: Traveller (2015)
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  • Livin' hard was easy when I was young and bullet proof
    I had no chains to bind me, just a guitar and a roof
    Emptied every bottle, when I poured I never missed
    I had blood shot eyes at twenty-five or was it twenty-six?

    Didn't seem to matter what price I had to pay
    'Cause anything worth havin', I'd just lose anyway
    Friends worried about me they'd asked if I was sick
    Thought I wouldn't die at twenty-five or was it twenty-six?

    Those two years run together like whiskey over ice
    Melted into memories like somebody else's life
    I'm glad to say, I've come around
    But if I could have one wish
    I'd like another try at twenty-five or was it twenty six?

    Met a girl from Georgia, smart and pretty, college grad
    I thought my luck was changin' but then it all went bad
    I guess I fell in love with her, all it took was just one kiss
    But then she said goodbye at twenty-five or was it twenty-six?

    Those two years run together like whiskey over ice
    Melted into memories like somebody else's life
    I'm glad to say, I've come around
    But if I could have one wish
    I'd like another try at twenty-five or was it twenty-six?

    I've been down that road before almost as far as hell
    Deception or redemption, I guess only time will tell
    I have faith in the knowledge that God gave us a gift
    I couldn't hide at twenty-five or was it twenty-six?

    Those two years run together like whiskey over ice
    Melted into memories like somebody else's life
    I'm glad to say, I've come around
    But if I could have one wish
    I'd like another try at twenty-five or was it twenty-six? Writer/s: Donald R. Sampson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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