They had my future
wrapped up in a parcel
And no one even thought of asking me
The day I turned 15, I
caught the mail train
To find what else might be in life for me
I rode on trucks and trains and
lived on nothin'
Served me right for wanting to be free
Ah well, that's the way
society looked at it
But it didn't seem to be that way to me
And the biggest disappointment
in the family was me
The only twisted branch upon
our good old family tree
I just couldn't be the person
they expected me to be
And the biggest disappointment
in the world was me
A lot more dinner times
than there were dinners
I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
Then this quiet country boy
went home a different man
With a memory of distance on my mind
But I always spoke too loud
and laughed too often
Maybe drank to many glasses down
And perhaps my clothes
were older than I realised
A relief to all concerned when I left town
And the biggest disappointment
in the family was me
The only twisted branch upon
our good old family tree
I just couldn't be the person
they expected me to be
And the biggest disappointment
in the world was me
And the biggest disappointment
in the family was me
The only twisted branch upon
our good old family tree
I just couldn't be the person
they expected me to be
And the biggest disappointment
in the world was me