Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
A-well-a
Yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Well-a
I was born in a boomer's shack
'Bout that far from the railroad track
Choo-choo rattled my window pane
Sheet-iron roof tellin' me every time it rained
Well-a
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
A-well-a
Yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Well-a
I went to a one room school
Walked to and from the school
I carried lunch in a paper sack
It was one mile over and two miles back
Well-a
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
Poppa drove a choo-choo train
One sister was a righteous girl
But the othern was a woman of the world
Well-a
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
A-well-a
Yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Well-a
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
It happened just that way
Yea yea yea yea (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Well yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah)
Yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah