Twenty Years Ago Lyrics - Singles - Jeffery Steele

20 years ago 

Jeffrey Steele 

I was at that smart ass time of my life 

Id pick a fight just to pick a fight 

He said black I said white 

If he took one side I took the other side 

Dinner table we sat around was 

More like a battleground 

Where I lost more times than I won 

Wouldnt learn til later on 

He was always preachin about his past 

I just kept screamin come on dad 

That was 20 years ago you dont know me at all 

Trying to talk to you is like talking to a wall 

Yea you gave me my life but its my life to live 

And maybe I dont wanna live it like you did 

20 years ago 

He was built from blue collar sweat and blood 

Square jaw and a crew cut a purple heart a Viet vet 

And hed tell you every chance hed get 

Always runnin down my rock & roll 

My friends, my hair, and my clothes 

Til it all got out of control 

And one night it finally came to blows 

That was just enough to get me gone 

I couldnt wait to prove him wrong 

20 years ago I struck out on my own 

He couldnt tell me nothin 

I didnt already know 

Yea I was on my way 

So what the hell did I care 

With my old man and his gray hair 

Thought about the road I chose 

20 years ago 

(spoken) 

I left as fast as the leaves fell that autum I never looked back and I never once called him 

But every time I talked to moma I wondered if he was there 

Or if he even cared I figured I walked out on him and the course of our love 

Had run moma said no no you listen to me son hes a stubborn man and he wont give in 

He believes what he believes and youre just like him And I could tell by her voice there was something wrong she broke down 

and said he aint got long So I caught the next plane home thought about all the years gone And how my pride had let so much 

time go by ran up those stairs and I stood by his bed and cried 

20 years ago I thought I knew it all 

but tryin to talk to me is like talking to a wall 

Yea thought I was a man but actin like I did 

But all I want right now is just to be your kid 

And just before my dad gave up the ghost 

He took my hand and said son let it go 

That was 20 years ago 

20 years ago