I had my future
wrapped up in a parcel
No one even thought of asking me
The day I turned fifteen
I caught the mail train
To find what else might be
in a life of me
I rode on trucks and trains
and lived on nothing
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 disappoint
ment 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 dinnertime
than there were dinners
I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
And this quiet country boy
went home a different man
With a memory of distance on my mind
Hey, I always spoke too loud
and laughed too often
Maybe drank too many
glasses down
And perhaps my clothes
were older than I realized
A relief to all concerned
when I left town
And the biggest disappoint
ment 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 disappoint
ment 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 disappoint
ment in the world was me
Get on in, bro.