Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way Well I was born in the boomer's shack bout that far from railroad track Choo-choo ratled my window pane and the sheet iron roof tells me evertime it rains Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way Well I went to a one room school walked to and from this school I carried my lunch in a paper sack twas one mile over two miles back Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way And now my brother worked hard in the grain papa drove a choo-choo train One sister was a righteous girl but the other was a woman of the world Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way