In "Old Me Knew Me," Randall King imagines his former wild self judging the settled man he has become, trading Friday nights at the bar for porch swings and quiet love. The old version would mock the change until he saw the woman responsible, then he would understand and call the new life lucky. The repeated contrast between tearing up the town and rocking beside her frames love as a better kind of high, one that makes the past feel like a stranger worth leaving behind.
Old Me Knew Me Lyrics by Randall King
He might roll his eyes
He’d probably wonder why
My truck’s still in the drive
Not at the bar on Friday night
If he saw me on the porch
Just swingin’ back and forth
He’d say boy don’t get you bored
Swear I don’t know you anymore, good Lord
If the old me knew me
He’d hate I’d settled down
He’d wonder why he and I
Ain’t tearin’ up this town
But when he saw you, he’d change his tune
Girl, he’d fall too no doubt
He’d call me a lucky S.O.B.
If the old me knew me now
Ain’t nothing I’d rather do
Than be rockin’ here next to you
I’m high on love with a too big buzz
Don’t miss the man I was because
If the old me knew me
He’d hate I’d settled down
He’d wonder why he and I
Ain’t tearin’ up this town
But when he saw you, he’d change his tune
Girl, he’d fall too no doubt
He’d call me a lucky S.O.B.
If the old me knew me now
Girl my life changed the day you came along
All I know is that old me is gone, gone, gone
If the old me knew me
He’d hate I’d settled down
He’d wonder why he and I
Ain’t tearin’ up this town
When he saw you, he’d change his tune
Girl, he’d fall too no doubt
He’d call me a lucky S.O.B.
If the old me knew me now
Yeah he’d call me a lucky S.O.B.
If the old me knew me now
