Evan Olson - Shoebox Blues Lyrics

I thought I knew it allI really thought I knew it allWho saidWho said"Not the way I thought"I was born in a shoebox living in a shoeBy the time I was five I was moved outsideTo the backyard right beside the garbage canSitting by the oak tree I used to climbWith an alley cat who lived down the streetRight across from the junkyardIn between a bank and a courthouseGuarded by a mean old dogWho would run down the alleywayChasing us back to the oak treeUp in the backyard over by the houseWith the closet and the shoebox where I was bornI thought I knew it allI really thought I knew it allWho saidWho said"Not the way I thought"I was 15 going on 25Sucking on a Colt .45 in the backseatOf a Trans Am with the tape deck bustedDag-gone radio playing everything but the good songsIn the summertime on a SaturdayWe would take the highway down to the lakeFor a swim and a cooler and a bucket of iceIn the sunshine sipping on the moonshineSure beats living in a shoeboxI thought I knew it allI really thought I knew it allWho saidWho said"Not the way I thought"I thought I knew it allI really thought I knew it allWho saidWho said"Not the way I thought"I thought I knew it allNow I live on the back roadsOut near the boondocksRunning from the same old dogWith the alley cat drooling from the mouth'cause he's old and there's no more oak tree no trash canNo broke tape deck in a red Trans Am going down to the lakeThat's all dried upAnd I'm sitting on a fenceBut I got no cooler and I got no iceJust thinking about how much I miss my shoeboxI thought I knew it allI really thought I knew it allWho saidWho said"Not the way I thought"I thought I knew it allI really thought I knew it allWho saidWho said"Not the way I thought"I thought I knew it all