We Must’ve Been Hell When We Was Courtin’

I was raisin’ Cain and drinkin’ grain,
and muddin’ with my brothers,
Tellin’ lies to cutie pies,
and sleepin’ with the others.

You was just a child, and gettin’ wild,
and hangin’ out with losers,
On the town and sleepin’ ‘round
with all the older boozers.

Yeah, lookin’ back, 
without a doubt,
We must’ve been hell
when we was courtin’.

Then we shared a dance and found romance,
And fell hard for each other,
Left dirty nights and barroom fights,
To be with one another.

We was crazy still, hadn’t got our fill,
Of wakin’ up with strangers,
Still too young, and too unstrung,
To worry ‘bout the dangers.

Yeah, lookin’ back, 
without a doubt,
We must’ve been hell
when we was courtin’.

So we changed our ways and spent our days
Just workin’ nine-to-fivers,
Built a nest and did our best
To stay with the survivors.

Now our crazy years have drowned in tears,
We’re raisin’ up some babies,
Feedin’ times and nursery rhymes
And way too many maybes.

Yeah, lookin’ back, 
without a doubt,
We must’ve been hell
when we was courtin’.

Now our kids are there without a care,
They’re makin’ memories nearer,
Of glory years and cheap draft beers,
Like lookin’ in the mirror.

Guess we’ll just grow old until we fold,
Our bluffin’ hand of deuces,
And walk away without our pay,
You’d think a life was useless.

Yeah, lookin’ back, 
without a doubt,
We must’ve been hell
when we was courtin’.