Simple Days

Song Simple Days
Artist Babyface
Album The Day

Lyrics

[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