Those Were The Days

 
Intro
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Verse 1
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 I can remember when the sky was so blue
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We played cowboys and Indians and can you catch the moon
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Girl clubs in the treehouse and the boys they had to stay out
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Wondering what we were doing up there all afternoon

Chorus
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 Those were the days when life was a little simpler
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 Those were the days we didn't have much to say
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 Those were the days when we looked so forward to winter
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And April flowers and the summer rain

Verse 2
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 We had geese on the front porch 
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And we had goats in the backyard
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Daddy was always bringing home a lost soul to free
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It's funny what you remember in a house made of timber
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Six hungry wide-eyed mouths to feed

Verse 3
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I can remember when the sky was so blue
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But growing up, it changes, all the things we have to do
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I'm thankful for the memories no matter where they take me
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And it's always just a little bittersweet too

Bridge
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 There's no place like home    oh, we had nothing fancy
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Just welfare and community and stray dogs we loved
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And buried in the backyard  there's no place like home
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It's a song if there's a melody, survival if no harmony
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It's a choice to make a symphony out of anything at all