Twenty Years Ago Lyrics - Some People Change - Montgomery Gentry

i was at that smartass time of my life 

where id pick a fight just to pick a fight 

if he said black, i said white 

if he took one side i took the other side 

the dinner table we sat around 

was more like a battleground 

and i lost more times than i won 

i woulda learned later on 

that he was always preachin bout his past 

i just kept screamin" Come on, dad! 

That was twenty years ago 

you dont know me at all! 

tryin to talk to you 

is like talkin to the wall 

yeah, you gave me my life, 

but its my life to live 

maybe i dont wanna 

live it like you did, 

Twenty years ago" 

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he was built with blue collar sweat and blood 

squared jaw and a crew cut 

a purple heart, a Viet Vet. 

He'd tell you every chance he'd get 

Always runnin down my rock n' roll, 

my friends, my hair, my clothes. 

But one night it got out of control 

and right there we came to blows 

and that was just enough to get me gone 

I couldn't wait to prove him wrong! 

twenty years ago 

Struck out on my own 

couldn't tell me nothin' 

I didnt already know 

I was on my way 

so what the hell did I care 

my old man and his grey hair 

thought about the road i chose 

twenty years ago 

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"Well i left as fast as the leaves fell that autumn 

I never looked back and i never once called him 

but every time i talked to momma 

i wondered if he was there, or if he even cared 

i figured i walked out of him and the course of our love had run 

momma said 'no, no, you listen to me son, hes a stubborn man and he won't give in. 

he believes what he believes, well youre just like him' 

well 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 

had my pride that i let so much time go by 

i ran up those stairs and stood by his bed 

and i cried" 

Twenty years ago 

thought i knew it all 

but tryin to talk to me 

was like talkin to a wall 

i thought i was a man 

actin like i did 

but all i want right now 

is just to be your kid 

just before my dad gave up the ghost 

he took my hand and said "son let it go, that was twenty years ago" 

twenty years ago