WE WERE BORN
TO MOTHERS
WHO SMOKED
AND DRANK
OUR CRIBS
WERE COVERED
IN LEAD BASED PAINT
NO CHILDPROOF LIDS
NO SEAT BELTS IN CARS
RODE BIKES
WITH NO HELMETS
AND STILL HERE WE ARE
STILL HERE WE ARE
WE GOT DADDY'S BELT
WHEN WE MISBEHAVED
HAD THREE T.V.
CHANNELS
YOU GOT UP TO CHANGE
NO VIDEO GAMES
AND NO SATELLITE
ALL WE HAD
WERE FRIENDS
AND THEY WERE OUTSIDE
PLAYIN' OUTSIDE
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFE
WHEN WE WERE BOYS
AND GIRLS
NOT JUST
A DIFFERENT TIME
IT WAS
A DIFFERENT WORLD
SCHOOL ALWAYS
STARTED
THE SAME EVERY DAY
THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
THEN SOMEONE
WOULD PRAY
NOT EVERY KID MADE
THE TEAM
WHEN THEY TRIED
WE GOT DISAPPOINTED
AND THAT WAS ALRIGHT
WE TURNED OUT
ALRIGHT
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFE
WHEN WE WERE BOYS
AND GIRLS
NOT JUST
A DIFFERENT TIME
IT WAS
A DIFFERENT WORLD
NO BOTTLED WATER
WE'D DRINK
FROM A GARDEN HOSE
AND EVERY SUNDAY
ALL THE STORES
WERE CLOSED
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFE
WHEN WE WERE BOYS
AND GIRLS
AND NOT JUST
A DIFFERENT TIME
IT WAS
A DIFFERENT WORLD
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFE
WHEN WE WERE BOYS
AND GIRLS
AND NOT JUST
A DIFFERENT TIME
IT WAS
A DIFFERENT WORLD
IT WAS
A DIFFERENT WORLD