"7 Years (Country Version)" by. Austin Dooley
(Verse 1)
Mama told me when I was young,
"Son, go chase the setting sun,
Find good friends, and ride ‘til dawn,
But don"t forget where you come from."
I was just a boy at ten,
Runnin’ wild through fields of green,
Daddy’s boots felt way too big,
But I swore I’d fill ‘em clean.
(Chorus)
Now I’m lookin’ back on all those years,
Dusty roads and childhood cheers,
Built my life on sweat and dirt,
Hoped my name’d mean somethin’ here.
(Verse 2)
At sixteen, I picked up a Gibson,
Strummed my heart out, wrote my pain,
Fell in love with a brown-eyed girl,
Lord, I’d do it all again.
We’d drive that truck past county lines,
Singin’ George Strait in the night,
Didn’t have a dime to our names,
But we were livin’ free and right.
(Chorus)
Now I’m lookin’ back on all those years,
Dusty roads and childhood cheers,
Built my life on sweat and dirt,
Hoped my name’d mean somethin’ here.
(Bridge)
Someday I’ll be eighty, sittin’ by the fire,
Tellin’ my grandkids "bout this life of mine,
How I loved, how I lost, how I fought real hard,
And I never let the flame die inside my heart.
(Outro)
So go make memories, don’t have regrets,
Love your mama, never forget,
The ones who raised you, the ones who cared,
And build a name worth sharin’ here.