When I was just a child I didn't know much about ya When I was just a child I didn't know much about Oh-oh oh-oh I had a father that came from nothing He took that and made it something He'd seen it all by his 21st His mum and dad both left this Earth Why It was the drinking that killed his mother He's watching the same thing kill his brother And he doesn't say it much but he really loves us Amd he doesn't want the same thing to kill his sons When he sees me with a drink in my hand I understand now why he thinks that its bad He knows its so evil but he know we are our own people so he lets us go When I was just a child I didn't know mch about ya Oh-oh-oh-oh When I was just a child I didn't know much about ya Oh-Oh-oh-oh