Simple Days

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

And we made do

'Cause momma worked all day long and daddy did too

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, I didn't mind the books

Momma taught us early in life

Everybody's gotta struggle sometime

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Aye)

When a man was a man and a friend was a friend

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Yesterday)

When you said what you meant (Yeah)

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, yeah

Didn't cost much money to see the picture show, aye

So we hopped the bus into town

That's where all the girlies used to go, see

Fifty cents would buy us

Yes, popcorn for two

'Cause Bobby's girl, she worked there

And sometimes she'd break the rules, yes

And 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

June

June

June

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

(Yesterday, yeah)

When you said what you meant

And you meant what you said, yeah

Sometimes I sit, I wonder

(Oh-oh)

I reminisce, I think of all the good times

That we had in our lives

(Oh-oh-oh)

Sometimes I can't get over

(Oh)

How wonderful those days were back in our lives

Simple days for simple times

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

When a man was a man (Oh)

And a friend was a friend

(Was a friend, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Yesterday)

When you said what you meant

(When you said what you meant, yeah)

And you meant what you said

(Hey, bring 'em back now, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Yesterday)

When a man was a man

(A man was a man)

And a friend was a friend

(A friend was a friend, yeah, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Yesterday)

When you said what you meant

(Hey, yeah, yeah)

And you meant what you said

(Oh, yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)

When a man was a man

And a friend was a friend

(Was a friend, say yeah)

Bring back those simple times of yesterday

(Yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

When you said what you meant

(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

Bring back those simple times