[00:00.00]Chayce Beckham - 23 [00:06.32]Composed by：Chayce Beckham [00:14.97]Simple as my mama said when I was very young [00:20.33]She told me not to worry son [00:22.96]One day you'll be someone [00:25.86]But here I am at twenty one [00:28.60]As loaded as a stagecoach shotgun [00:31.35]I'm sorry mamma [00:32.76]Please don't look at me [00:40.55]When I got to oklahoma I was seventeen [00:43.24]My papa taught me how to work and lord he was mean [00:46.42]Workin' all day in that august heat [00:48.77]And he taught me how to fish [00:50.14]My uncle taught me how to drink [00:55.56]Well I went california and I had me a band [00:58.46]And we played in all the bars in all the southern lands [01:01.39]We played all night and we drank for free [01:04.16]All of my boys and me [01:10.87]Now I'm 23 and therе ain't nobody [01:14.78]Who can drink like me [01:16.37]Soon I'll be 24 and thе lord knows [01:19.89]That I can't drink no more [01:21.89]I know I shoulda taken it slow [01:24.53]It's not the way that my life goes [01:29.32]Now I know [01:36.43]When you're passed out on the floor [01:40.84]You're sober by 24 [01:51.49]Well I had a girl who loved me the [01:53.25]Whole damn time [01:54.38]And I'd drink my whiskey and she'd drink wine [01:57.30]But soon my bottle was too much to company [02:06.36]Yeah we'd sit on the river and we'd fish all day [02:09.36]And we'd drive across the country let the radio play [02:12.28]Seven damn years I never thought she'd leave [02:21.76]Now I'm 23 and there ain't nobody [02:25.77]Who can drink like me [02:27.26]Soon I'll be 24 and the lord knows [02:30.83]That I can't drink no more [02:32.80]I know I shoulda taken it slow [02:35.43]It's not the way that my life goes [02:40.23]Lord I know [02:47.35]When you're passed out on the floor [02:51.77]You're sober by 24 [03:08.16]Simple as my mama said when I was very young [03:14.98]She told me not to worry son [03:18.45]One day you'll be someone [03:22.32]But here I am at twenty one [03:26.02]As loaded as a stagecoach shotgun [03:29.70]I'm sorry mamma [03:31.87]Please don't look at me