When I was young and lived along the Meramec
Washed in the river when the water ran clean
Waited for the day I could buy me a Cadillac
And see a lot of things that I never had seen
Went to the city and I got a little older
And I got a little smarter and I learned good sense
Went back home and I married me a woman
Got a corn land bottom and a barbed wire fence
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Hey boys, I think I'm gettin' old
Sittin' by the fire when the weather gets cold
Don't care, down around the farm
And another little drink won't do us any harm
Hard times, made a little moonshine
Never done that in my life before
Kept up with the news in the winter time
Sittin' on a barrel in the country store.
Rare back, talk about yer politics
Fight about religion and worry 'bout war
Pa said, spittin' in the fireplace
Pour a little cider when your throat gets sore