Ten Years Old & Barefoot

I'D LIKE TO SHARE OLD MEMORIES AND TALK ABOUT MY HOME TOWN SHE WAS A GOOD TIME PLACE THROUGH A LITTLE BOY'S EYES SO AMAZED AT WHAT HE SAW LIKE AN INDIAN MAN WITH HIS HAIR IN BRAIDS AND A FEATHER JUST FOR SHOW AND HIS BLACK EYED BABY AT HIS MAMA'S BREAST BY THE STOVE IN THE GENERAL STORE AND YOU COULD STILL GET STUCK ON MAIN STREET IN THE SPRING IN A HEAVY RAIN AND PLAY HIDE AND SEEK IN THE ALLEY IN BACK OF THE CHINAMAN'S CAFÉ AND THE FARMERS' WIVES WENT SHOPPING WHILE THEIR MENFOLK SPENT SOME TIME AT A PLACE THEY CALLED THE TEN CENT STORE CAUSE A BEER JUST COST A DIME AND A FIST FIGHT JUST OUTSIDE THAT DOOR WOULD ALWAYS DRAW A CROWN AND YOU KNOW IT NEVER ONCE OCCURRED TO ME WHY WOMEN WEREN'T ALLOWED CHORUS: AND HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT AND HE NEVER HAD A CARE BUT MOTHER NATURE'S KEEPING TIME SHE DON'T ALWAYS KEEP IT FAIR NOW I'VE GOT THE TIME TO WRITE SOME LINES ABOUT HAPPY TIMES I KNEW AND BEING TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT WAS THE BEST THAT I COULD DO NOW THE BARBER SHOP AND POOL ROOM THEY WERE ONE AND THE VERY SAME AND WITH A BOARD ACROSS THE BARBER'S CHAIR YOU COULD WATCH THEM PLAY THE GAME AND LAYING PENNIES ON THE RAILROAD TRACK WHEN THE PASSENGER CAME THROUGH AND I SWEAR THAT A THOUSAND GOPHERS STARED DOWN THE BARREL OF MY TWENTY TWO AND HOCKEY GAMES AND COWBOY SHOWS WAS A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME NOISE AND I KNOW THAT EVERY FRIEND I HAD THROUGH GIRLS WERE THE SAME AS THE BOYS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW BIB OVERALLS WOULD SOMEDAY BE IN STYLE AND BOREDOM WAS A WORD THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW FOR A QUITE A WHILE NOW IT DON'T MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IT DON'T MATTER WHERE YOU DIE STAY TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT UNTIL YOU'RE EIGHTY FIVE CHORUS: AND HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT AND HE NEVER HAD A CARE BUT MOTHER NATURE'S KEEPING TIME SHE DON'T ALWAYS KEEP IT FAIR NOW I'VE GOT THE TIME TO WRITE SOME LINES ABOUT HAPPY TIMES I KNEW AND BEING TEN YEARS OLD & BAREFOOT WAS THE BEST THAT I COULD DO