I was born on the
Northside of a
Midwestern town
There was nine
Of us living in a
Three bedroom house
Yeah
Didn't have much
Money but we
Made do
'Cause Momma worked
All day long
And Daddy did too
Did all they could
Made sure we had
Clothes and food
Yeah
Went to public schools
And we followed
Public rules
We used second hand
Books but oh
I didn't mind
The books
Momma taught us
Early in life
Everybody's gotta
Struggle sometime
Bring back those
Simple times
Of yesterday
When a man
Was a man
And a friend
Was a friend
Bring back those
Simple times
Of yesterday
When you said
What you meant
And you meant
What you said
Had a friend
Named Bobby
Who always
Kept his word
We went through
Schoolyard fights
Had a thing
For pretty girls yeah
Didn't cost
Much money to see
The picture show
Yeah
So we hopped
The bus into town
That's where all the
Girlies used to go see
Fifty cents would
Buy us yeah
Popcorn for two
Cause Bobby's girl
She worked there
And sometimes she'd
Break the rules
Yeah yeah
Picnics in the summer
Wouldn't wake up
Till noon
And even though
Bobby's gone now
I can still hear him
Laugh in the
Middle of June
Hey
Was a friend yeah
Bring back those
Simple times
Of yesterday
When you said
What you meant
And you meant
What you said
Sometimes I sit
I wonder
I reminisce
I think of all the
Good times
That we had
In our lives
Sometimes I can't
Get over
How wonderful those
Days were back
In our lives
Simple days
For simple times
Yeah
Whooh
Was a friend yeah
Bring back those
Simple times
Of yesterday
When you said
What you meant
And you meant
What you said
Biring it back girl
Simple times yeah
Yesterday
Man was a Man
And a Friend
Friend was a Friend
Yeah yeah yeah