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   HOOK