A Long Time Ago

How it was a long time ago
I told you that a long time ago
Me and ol' Willie, lordy we've been sold and bought
I guess you'll heard about some kind of system that we fought
They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
In spite of that I stopped and took a wife now and then

Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men
I think you already know
Don't ask me about the years I spent out in the rain
And I learned to fly a long time ago
About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane
We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught

But even then you won't really know
Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane
They tried to run us off but Willie's slow
I was born with a fire down below
You can read a different story in a lot of different books