Intro:
They had my future wrapped up in a parcel
And no one even thought of asking me.
The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train
To find what else might be in life for me.
I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothing;
Served me right for wanting to be free-
Ah well that's the way society looked at it,
But it didn't seem to be that way to me.
Chorus:
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
The only twisted branch upon our good old famly tree
I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
А lot more dinner times than there dinners
I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
Then this quiet country boy came home a different man
With a memory of distance on my mind
But I always spoke to loud and drank too often,
Maybe drank to many glasses down
And perhaps my clothes were older that I realized
А relief to all concerned when I left town
Chorus: x2
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
The only twisted branch upon our good old famly tree
I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me