[00:09.86]babyface--simple days
[00:23.77]i was born on the northside of a midwestern town
[00:29.44]there was nine of us living in a three bedroom house
[00:34.90]didn't have much money, but we made do
[00:40.58]'cause momma worked all day long
[00:43.76]and daddy did too
[00:46.93]did all they could
[00:48.57]made sure we had clothes and food
[00:51.47]went to public schools and we followed public rules
[00:57.83]we used second hand books
[01:00.18]but oh i didn't mind the books
[01:02.76]momma taught us early in life
[01:06.89]everybody's gotta struggle sometime
[01:07.69]bring back those simple times of yesterday
[01:13.23]when a man was a man
[01:15.77]and a friend was a friend
[01:17.29]
[01:22.09]bring back those simple times of yesterday
[01:26.21]
[01:27.35]when you said what you meant
[01:28.53]and you meant what you said
[01:31.64]
[01:32.49]had a friend named bobby
[01:34.84]who always kept his word
[01:37.85]we went through schoolyard fights
[01:40.67]had a thing for pretty girls
[01:44.00]didn't cost much money
[01:46.34]to see the picture show
[01:48.96]so we hopped the bus into town
[01:51.97]that's where all the girlies used to go
[01:54.85]
[01:55.67]fifty cents would buy us popcorn for two
[02:01.67]'cause booby's girl she worked there
[02:03.54]and sometimes she'd break the rules
[02:06.58]
[02:07.21]picnics in the summer
[02:08.71]wouldn't wake up 'till noon
[02:12.03]and even though bobby's gone now
[02:15.23]i can still hear him laugh
[02:17.79]in the middle of june
[02:18.96]sometimes i sit, i wonder
[02:35.46]i reminisce
[02:35.96]i think of all the good times
[02:37.31]that we had in our lives
[02:38.86]
[02:42.56]sometimes i can't get over
[02:44.60]how wonderful those days were
[02:49.11]back in our lies