Simple Days Lyrics - The Day - Babyface

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 

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