Back Then

verse 1
What a magical time
it was to be alive,
What a journey it all has been.
And what a blessing it is
That this aging brain,
Still remembers how it was back then.

chorus
Back then……
We were super heroes in homemade capes
We were gymnasts on the monkey bars,
We were “The Jetsons” sliding down those slides,
On a space mission to land on Mars.

verse 2
If it was Saturday morning,
we watched the best cartoons.
With sugary cereal resting in our spoons.
Then the doorbell would ring,
when our best friends came calling,
To see if we could come out,
for some whiffle balling.

chorus
Back then……..
We were Disco Queens in our roller skates,
We were Charlie’s Angels hiding behind trees.
We were the fastest runner playing kick-the-can,
Setting all of our captive friends free!

verse 3
We loved the record stores
when we cruised the mall,
We loved Atari games
like Frogger and Pitfall
After dinner and baths,
we’d watch a few good shows.
If we heard the theme from MASH,
Then off to bed we’d go.

chorus
Back then…….
We were designers making hair barrettes,
We were news anchors live on air,
We were all dressed up on News Years Day,
For the annual neighborhood parade.

bridge
Not a care in the world
And no evidence online
A generation of grown up kids….
wishing for those times.
When we lived more outdoors,
and rarely had any set plans.
and the one thing we feared most
were creepy unmarked white vans ……
(Ha! Remember those times?).

final chorus
Back then……
We were unaware that we had it all…
We were not wishing for a different world.
We did not appreciate that so much would change
Once the Internet access unfurled.

outro
Man those were good times
Thank goodness we were there
We loved our childhood days
Here’s to the Generation X-ers
Godspeed and take care!