Simple Days

[Verse 1]

I was born on the north side of a

Midwestern town

There was nine of us living in a

Three bedroom house, yeah

I didn't have much money

We made due

'Cause Momma worked all day long

And Daddy did too

[Pre-Chorus]

Did all they could

Made sure we had clothes and food, yeah

Went to public schools and we

Followed public rules

We used second hand books, oh

Oh, I didn't mind the books

Momma taught us early in life

Everybody's gotta struggle sometime

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

Had a friend named Bobby

Who always kept his word

We went through schoolyard fights

Had a thing for pretty girls, yeah

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, see

[Pre-Chorus]

Fifty cents would buy us, yes, popcorn for two

'Cause Bobby's girl, she worked there

And sometimes she'd break the rules, yes

Picnics in the summer

Wouldn't wake up 'til noon

And even though Bobby's gone now

I can still hear him laugh

In the middle of June

[Chorus]

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man (hey)

And a friend was a friend (was a friend, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When you said what you meant

And you meant what you said, yeah

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man

And a friend was a friend (was a friend, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When you said what you meant

And you meant what you said

(hey, bring 'em back now, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man (a man was a man)

And a friend was a friend

(a friend was a friend, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When you said what you meant

And you meant what you said

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man

And a friend was a friend (was a friend, say yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When you said what you meant

And you meant what you said

(meant what you said)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man

And a friend was a friend...