Story Behind The Song

Sometimes I miss my childhood and lack of responsibility - hey, I'm still human.

Song Description

A guy who apparently has everything going for him but isn't happy with the stresses and strains of his success - is hankering for simpler times when he was young and had no responsibilities - happier times. The price of his lifestyle is that he's lost tou

Lyrics

Simpler times
Written by Graeme Michael Hall
© 2006, Big G?s Publishing, All rights reserved

(Verse)
Got my high school diploma
Got my college degree
Made a life in the city
That keeps me busy
Got a nice little condo
And an SUV
A sweet, pretty thing
Who says she loves me
But sometimes I feel restless
And I don?t know why
Like some part of me is missin?
Deep inside
Sometimes life seems sterile
?Stead of being a wild ride
That?s when I get to thinkin? ?bout
Simpler times
(Simpler times)

(Chorus)
Like Southern good ole boys
Playing cards and drinking whiskey
Southern Belles
Dancing to Dixie
Going fishing
In my my bare feet
Skinny dippin?
In the Mississippi heat
Skippin? rocks
Where the river boats passed
Those days are gone now
Nothing ever lasts
We grew up poor
Survived on nickels and dimes
But we were way more happy
Livin? back in simpler times

(Verse 2)
Drove up to my home town
For a couple of days
But families gone
died or drifted away
They?ve torn down the church
Where we used to pray
So I drove down to the river bend
Where we used to play
And carved on a big old oak tree
Our initials and hearts
Memories of friendships
And childhood sweethearts
And those long, hot summers
Before we all drifted apart
That night I had a dream
That took me back to the start
(and my High school sweetheart)

(Chorus2)
And Southern good ole boys
Playing cards and drinking whiskey
Southern Belles
Dancing to Dixie
Going fishing
In my bare feet
Skinny dippin?
In the Mississippi heat
Skippin? rocks
Where the river boats passed
Those days are gone now
Cause nothing ever lasts
We grew up poor
Survived on nickels and dimes
But we were way more happy
Livin? back in simpler times

(Bridge)
When we?re uncertain about the future
We romanticize the past
Exaggerate the good times
Paper over the cracks
But when you listen to those stores
If you read between the lines
Were we really more happy
Livin? back in simpler times
(simpler times)

(Chorus3)
And Southern good ole boys
Playing cards and drinking whiskey
Southern Belles
Dancing to Dixie
Going fishing
In my my bare feet
Skinny dippin?
In the Mississippi heat
Skippin? rocks
Where the river boats passed
Those days are gone now
Cause nothing ever lasts
We grew up poor
Survived on nickels and dimes
But we were way more happy
Livin? back in simpler times