Compositions For The Young And Old Lyrics
Found a book of interest the other dayCompositions for the young and old to singPoems written many years agoThey told of family and hope and other thingsPut together in the old daysWhen fifteen cents, it was a buckThat's when five would get you tenBefore it took you eight just to get you oneSome people, they don't care when they're down on their luckCheap thrills are awful hard to find these daysNo one is amused for freeSomeone's pulling on your mama's apron stringsYou'd better run and see who it isPlaying cards with your neighbors on the back porchSinging with an old beat-up guitarGoing to the local swimming holeUntil they closed it down, now there's nowhere to goThings used to be so simple, long time agoNow everything is so expensive and complicatedI hear you need a license for just about anythingUsed to be that a handshake was a man's wordNow we settle arguments in courtNo one trusts anyone's intentions anymoreRummaging through the attic when I'm homeIt brings back those memories to meI'd amuse myself when I was smallWhen I was younger, the simplest things would doNow I'm on everybody's mailing listFor things I can't afford to buyI hear the weathermanHe says "It looks like rain for a while"I guess I'll have to stay insideMake peanut butter sandwiches and cry
Bob Mould Compositions For The Young And Old
