When He Was My Age-Confederate Railroad

[ti:When He Was My Age] [ar:Confederate Railroad] [al:When And Where] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When He Was My Age - Confederate Railroad [00:17.29]He worked all week for a hard day's pay [00:20.90]Walked to school five miles one way [00:23.28] [00:23.83]It must have rained every day [00:25.77] [00:26.40]When he was my age [00:28.08] [00:30.61]He quit school early to help Grandpa [00:33.29] [00:33.85]He was one man short on a crosscut saw [00:37.03]There was wood to cut and ground to break [00:40.52]When he was my age [00:41.83] [00:43.77]By the time he turned twelve in 39 [00:46.58] [00:47.24]He'd been through Hell and Hoover times [00:50.10] [00:50.79]Drank his first homemade wine [00:52.66] [00:53.28]And started to shave [00:54.84] [00:57.33]The tales get taller every time they're told [01:00.86]The fish get longer as he grows old [01:03.80]He loves to talk about the good old days [01:06.61]When he was my age [01:08.29] [01:13.88]He was sixty pounds lighter with a head full of hair [01:17.44]A dollar in his tank would take him anywhere [01:20.57]But nine o'clock was coming on late [01:23.44]When he was my age [01:24.88] [01:27.47]He talks about the time the Dodgers called [01:29.96] [01:31.40]He could have played pro ball [01:33.65] [01:34.28]But he had me to raise [01:36.70]When he was my age [01:38.26] [01:40.63]By the time he turned twelve in 39 [01:43.46] [01:44.33]He'd been through Hell and Hoover times [01:46.95] [01:47.70]Drank his first homemade wine [01:49.32] [01:50.19]And started to shave [01:51.50] [01:54.25]The tales get taller every time they're told [01:57.95]The fish get longer as he grows old [02:00.70]He loves to talk about the good old days [02:03.53]When he was my age [02:04.98] [02:07.66]When he was my age he had a lot more living left to do [02:13.04] [02:14.35]But hard work and hard times [02:17.40]Robbed him of his youth [02:19.80] [02:22.31]He says it seems like yesterday [02:24.67] [02:27.04]When he was my age [02:28.99] [02:33.74]When he was my age [02:35.54] [02:40.49]When he was my age [02:42.99] [02:47.26]When he was my age [02:49.51] [03:00.70]When he was my age