When I Was Young

[Verse 1] I flung the door open and let the heat rise To  heat up the world 'cause I thought it was mine And  all the while all of my plants froze inside 'Cause there's only so much to go 'round It took me some tries and a whole lotta kindling When  the lesson arrived, it only took me a minute To  learn there are some things are better off freezing I can tell you a few that I've found [Chorus 1] Hate  is a thing that can poison your veins And get in your eyes when you're sweating on stage Shifting around 4 o'clock on the wall Tell you it's almost over Vans  that keeps rolling and times for the birds The chirp in your ears, all the rumors they heard Flying above all the good in this world Shitting on cattle and clover [Verse 2] Now when I was a young boy, thought I could track And an old-timer sat down [?] me [a sack?] And he told me all of the knowledge I lacked On an ornery ol' thing called a Snipe He picked me up on a Friday and he dropped me in Charley Told me when he'd be back and went off to party And I sat on the hill like a Jeremiah Johnson And I froze my dumb ass off all night And that's the way that I feel when I look at our past And the handshakes you gave me, if you're callin' them that And the snickers you tried to pass off as laughs And the way your eyes never met mine [Chorus 2] Paranoia's a thing that [?] sleep Ain't a thing you recall, ain't a habit you keep One ol' boy's nightmare is another fool's dream It's all in the way that you hold her Hotels are lonely, I reckon I'd know I've spent many nights in between shows Watching as paint dries on the wall On a booger they just painted over [Verse 3] Life reminds me of a card game we played as a kid Where you laid down the deck 'til you got to the end Early on there's a joker got lost 'neath the fridge Over time all the queens moved in with him And I'd say the boy had him an absolute ball But he ruined the card game for all us involved And I let it eat at me like kudzu in Georgia I hope I don't do that again