Story Behind The Song

after the many recent senseless, violent shootings at newtown, Colorado etc, I decided to take an indulgent trip mentally back to an innocent time in America after world war 2 and before the kennedy assassination, the manson murders and the Vietnam war.sure we always had wars, but we never had the kind of cowardly, terroristic acts that plaque America now.

Song Description

basically I just wanted to write a song about America in a more trusting, innocent time.

Lyrics

INNOCENT DAYS ( C ) 2013 BY TONY SCHEUERMAN

I WANT TO GO BACK, TO A TIME SO LONG AGO
WHEN DREAMS SEEMED REAL
WHEN WE WERE FREE TO COME AND GO
NOW WE LIVE, IN SUCH A DIFFERENT AGE
NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE VIOLENCE AND THE RAGE

HOW I LONG TO ROAM FREE ONCE AGAIN
LIVING LIFE AS WE DID WAY BACK THEN

IN THOSE INNOCENT DAYS
WHEN OUR WORLD WAS BRAND NEW
WHEN I WALKED COUNTRY ROADS WITH YOU
DANCING CLOSE AS THE JUKEBOX PLAYED
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THOSE INNOCENT DAYS

THERE WAS A PLACE,IN MY DISTANT MEMORY
WHERE I COULD GO
WHEN IT WAS JUST YOU AND ME
AND DO YOU RECALL, WITH AUTUMN IN THE AIR
WE'D STOP AND KISS
AS THE CHILDREN LAUGHED AND STARED

NOW I LONG TO ROAM FREE ONCE AGAIN
LIVING LIFE AS WE DID WAY BACK THEN
HOW CAN I GET MY LIFE BACK ON THAT TRACK?
I WISH I HAD WINGS, SO I COULD FLY BACK

TO THOSE INNOCENT DAYS
WHEN OUR WORLD WAS BRAND NEW
WHEN I WALKED COUNTRY ROADS WITH YOU
DANCING CLOSE AS THE JUKEBOX PLAYED
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THOSE INNOCENT DAYS

INSTRUMENTAL

DANCING CLOSE AS THE JUKEBOX PLAYED
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THOSE INNOCENT DAYS

REPEAT CHORUS 2X TO FADE