Back When I Was 4 Lyrics - It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through - Jeffrey Lewis

Don't you remember 

The fizz in a pepper 

Peanuts in a bottle 

At ten, two and four 

A fried bologna sandwich 

With mayo and tomato 

Sittin' round the table 

Don't happen much anymore 

We got too complicated 

It's all way over-rated 

I like the old and out-dated 

Way of life 

Back when a hoe was a hoe 

Coke was a coke 

And crack's what you were doing 

When you were cracking jokes 

Back when a screw was a screw 

The wind was all that blew 

And when you said I'm down with that 

Well it meant you had the flu 

I miss back when 

I miss back when 

I miss back when 

I love my records 

Black, shiny vinyl 

Clicks and pops 

And white noise 

Man they sounded fine 

I had my favorite stations 

The ones that played them all 

Country, soul and rock-and-roll 

What happened to those times? 

I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies 

'Cause they put pop in my country 

I want more for my money 

The way it was back then 

Back when a hoe was a hoe 

Coke was a coke 

And crack's what you were doing 

When you were cracking jokes 

Back when a screw was a screw 

The wind was all that blew 

And when you said I'm down with that 

Well it meant you had the flu 

I miss back when 

I miss back when 

I miss back when 

Give me a flat top for strumming 

I want the whole world to be humming 

Just keep it coming 

The way it was back then 

Back when a hoe was a hoe 

Coke was a coke 

And crack's what you were doing 

When you were cracking jokes 

Back when a screw was a screw 

The wind was all that blew 

And when you said I'm down with that 

Well it meant you had the flu 

I miss back when 

I miss back when 

I miss back when