Robert Earl Keen
I Wanna Know
[Verse 1]
Have you got a minute?
A little time that we can spend
Open up and let me in
Share some memories
People in a hurry
Every day goes by so fast
No one takes the time to ask
How it used to be

[Chorus 1]
I wanna know
Did your father own an automobile
Or a two horse carriage with wood spoke wheels?
I hear you used to walk to school, seven miles a day
Did you ever ride a railroad train?
And the very first time you saw a plane
Did you think the world had gone insane?
Tell me what you've got to say
I want to know

[Verse 2]
Words can paint a picture
Sharper than a photograph
I know you can take me back
To times I'll never see
Got a lot of questions
There's so much I want to learn
You can make the pages turn
Your living history
[Chorus 2]
I wanna know
Did your father own an automobile
Or a two horse carriage with wood spoke wheels?
I hear you used to walk to school, seven miles a day
Did you ever ride a railroad train?
And the very first time you saw a plane
Did you think the world had gone insane?
Tell me what you've got to say
I want to know

[Outro]
Have you got a minute?
A little time that we could spend
Open up and let me in
Share some memories