A Long Time Ago

[Verse 1]
We don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks
I'll admit I've taken things I never should of took
You can read bible stories in a lot of different books
But still, you may never know
Way we did it a long time ago

[Verse 2]
Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men
In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then
They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
I was born with a fire down below
And he learned to fly a long time ago

[Verse 3]
Don't ask me about the years I spent out in the rain
About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane
Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane
I think we already know
He told us that a long time ago

[Verse 4]
Me and ol' Willie, lordy we've been sold and bought
I guess y'all heard about some kind of system that we fought
We ain't the only outlaws, just the only ones they caught
They tried to run us off but Willie's slow
I quit running a long time ago