I was born on the north side of a

Midwestern town

There were nine of us living in a

Three bedroom house

Didn't have much money

But we made due

'Cause Momma worked all day long

And Daddy did too

Did all they could

Made sure we had clothes and food

Went to public schools and we

Followed public rules

We used second hand books, but oh

I didn't mind the books

Momma taught us early in life

Everybody's gotta struggle sometime

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man

And a friend was a friend

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When you said what you meant

And you meant what you said

Had a friend named Bobby

Who always kept his word

We went through schoolyard fights

Had a thing for pretty girls

Didn't cost much money to

See the picture show

So we hopped the bus into town

That's where all the girlies used to go

Fifty cents would buy us popcorn for two

'Cause Bobby's girl, she worked there

And sometimes she'd break the rules

Picnics in the summer

Wouldn't wake up 'till noon

And even though Bobby's gone now

I can still hear him laugh

In the middle of June

HOOK

Sometimes I sit, I wonder

I reminisce, I think of all the good times

That we had in our lives

Sometimes I can't get over

How wonderful those days were

Back in our lives

Simple days for simple times

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