in my life

in my life i never knew

someone who's as kind as you

in my life

in my life

in my life i never seen

someone who's so young and green

in my life

in my life

i had a friend named tennessee

but in the end he turned on me

i don't mind

i don't mind

lincoln in his cavalry

are underneath the council tree

in my mind

in my mind

in my life i never knew

someone who's as kind as you

in my life

in my life

in my life i never seen

someone who's so young and green

in my life

in my life

i sat beneath a ceiling fan

as the dealer showed his hand

in a dream

in a dream

his eyes were darting back and forth

his finger slipped the safety off

in a dream

in a dream

in my life i never knew

someone who's as kind as you

in my life

in my life

in my life i never seen

someone who's so young and green

in my life

in my life

i told the judge i heard a scream

fall from out a window screen

that's all i knew

that's all i knew

a cop is on your picket fence

leaning on the evidence

black and blue

black and blue

in my life i never seen

someone who's so young and green

in my life

in my life

in my life i never knew

someone who's as kind as you

in my life

in my life

it use to only be a mile

for us to sit and talk a while

a memory

a memory

and though i hate to see you go

i'm grateful you could see me grow

to twenty-three

to twenty-three

in my life i never knew

someone who's as kind as you

in my life

in my life

in my life i never seen

someone who's so young and green

in my life

in my life