Montgomery Gentry - Twenty Years Ago Lyrics
I Was At That Smartass Time Of My LifeWhere I'd Pick A Fight, Just To Pick A FightIf He Said, Black, I Said WhiteIf He Took One Side, I Took The Other SideThe Dinner Table We Sat AroundWas More Like A BattlegroundAnd I Lost More Times Than I WonI Woulda Learned Later OnThat He Was Always Preaching About His PastI Just Kept Screaming Come On, DadThat Was Twenty Years AgoYou Don't Know Me At AllTrying To Talk To You Is Like Talking To The WallYeah, You Gave Me My Life, But It's My Life To LiveMaybe I Don't Wanna Live It Like You DidTwenty Years AgoHe Was Built With Blue Collar Sweat And BloodSquared Jaw And A Crew CutA Purple Heart, A Viet VetHe'd Tell You Every Chance He'd GetAlways Running Down My Rock And RollMy Friends, My Hair, My ClothesBut One Night It Got Out Of ControlAnd Right There We Came To BlowsAnd That Was Just Enough To Get Me GoneI Couldn't Wait To Prove Him WrongTwenty Years Ago Struck Out On My OwnCouldn't Tell Me Nothing That I Didn't Already KnowLater I Was On My Way To What The Hell Did I CareMy Old Man And His Grey Hair Thought About The Road I ChoseTwenty Years AgoWell, I Left As Fast As The Leaves Fell That AutumnI Never Looked Back And I Never Once Called HimBut Every Time I Talked To MamaI Wondered If He Was There, Or If He Even CaredI Figured I Walked Out On Him And The Course Of Our Love Had RunMomma Said, No,no, You Listen To Me, SonHe's A Stubborn Man And He Won't Give InHe Believes What He Believes, Well, You're Just Like HimWell, I Could Tell By Her Voice There Was Something WrongShe Broke Down And Said He Ain't Got LongSo I Caught The Next Plane HomeThought About All The Years GoneHad My Pride That I Let So Much Time Go ByI Ran Up Those Stairs And Stood By His BedAnd I CriedTwenty Years Ago Thought I Knew It AllBut Trying To Talk To Me Was Like Talking To A WallI Thought I Was A Man Acting Like I DidBut All I Want Right Now Is Just To Be Your KidJust Before My Dad Gave Up The GhostHe Took My Hand And SaidSon, Let It Go, That Was Twenty Years AgoTwenty Years Ago
