Back When I Knew It All -- Montgomery Gentry

At the ripe ol’ age of nineteen I bought a short-bed pick-up-chick machine Life ran on beer and gasoline A half a lap ahead of the law I had a fake ID that got me into Tuffy’s “Love” was a word I used to get lucky Was a big time spender with that plastic money
Back when I knew it all

(**) Back when the world was flat And Mom and Daddy didn’t have a clue That was back Back when a pitcher of beer And a couple shots made me bulletproof Back when God was a name I used in vain To get a point across when I got ticked off
Lord, I’m learning so much more than Back when I knew it all

I found out credit cards don’t mean you’re rich
And beer and gasoline don’t mix Yeah, and step side trucks can’t jump a ditch And those “big house” rooms sure are small
I’ve learned that love is a woman that’ll settle you down
A Sunday sermon can turn life around And I can’t believe answers I’ve found Since back when I knew it all

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I’ve done some growing up And I’m still growing up
So I know I’ll never be as smart as I once was That was back
When the world was flat And Mom and Daddy didn’t have a clue
Way back Back when a pitcher of beer And a couple shots made me bulletproof Back when “God” was a name I used in vain
To get a point across when I got ticked off I’m learning so much more than Back when I knew it all            (sing365)

"When we heard the song, it just reminds us of the days growing up - it reminded me of all the do's and don'ts coming from mom and dad; you know, the path of life that shoulda been taken."