I was young when I got married, young when we had kids
Young when mom got sick and moved in
Dads gone, to that cancer song
Before my dad died, he left me his .22
A winchester rifle, it was his dads to
Now its mine, my how time flies
I pay our rent by cleaning, the offices in town
We live on a bad side, where the police donâ??t come round
It aint safe, but I canâ??t move us out
The bills they stack up, in the mailbox outside
Mostly from hospital, from before dad died
And the rest were past due and shutoff dates
Well the new guy on the job, talked me in on my way down
We go half on some weight, I pay some bills we both get out
Heâ??d front it too, what would you do
I started selling to some old friends, gave some to granny Ruth.
Sheâ??s sick with cancer, same as dads it helps her through
I paid some bills off, was getting out
Then I hear this crashing, outside my house
These men came running at my maw maw, running at my wife
my daughter started screaming, I feared for their life
weapon drawn, I had not known
The men who tore off my lock, and broken down my door
And threatened my family, were officers of the law
Darkened rooms, how could I have known
Such a terror, inside my home
Nine years to twenty, what have I done
Nine years to twenty, intent and a gun
To my family, what have I done
For my family, what have I done
Before my dad died, he left me his 22
Look over your family son, do what you need to
Dadâ??s gone, now Iâ??m solid gone
But we always done, what needed to be done.