WE SAID YES MA'AM
AND YES SIR
A GOOD WHOOPIN'
STILL WORKED
AND IF WE TALKED BACK
WE GOT IT AGAIN
BACK WHEN KIDS
GOT IN FIGHTS
THEY DIDN'T USE
GUNS OR KNIVES
A BLOODY NOSE WAS
AS FAR AS IT WENT
AND WE ALL ATE
OUR SUPPERS
WITH DADDY AND
A MOTHER
AT THE TABLE WITHOUT
THE T.V.
YEAH THAT'S HOW IT WAS
AND THAT'S HOW
IT STILL OUGHTA BE
YEAH THE WORLD
WAS MUCH SAFER
YOU COULD COUNT ON
YOUR NEIGHBOR
AND A STRANGER
WAS SOMEONE YOU
JUST HADN'T MET YET
AND WE TRUSTED
OUR PREACHERS
OUR HEROES
AND TEACHERS
AND BELIEVED
EVERY WORD
THAT THEY SAID
THERE WAS
NO CREDIT CRUNCH
AND GAS WASN'T SO MUCH
AND OUR JOBS HADN'T
GONE OVERSEAS
YEAH THAT'S HOW IT WAS
AND THAT'S HOW
IT STILL OUGHTA BE
16 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
YEAH THE WORLD
WAS MUCH SAFER
YOU COULD COUNT
ON YOUR NEIGHBOR
AND A STRANGER
WAS SOMEONE YOU
JUST HADN'T MET YET
AND WE TRUSTED
OUR PREACHERS
OUR HEROES
AND TEACHERS
AND BELIEVED
EVERY WORD
THAT THEY SAID
WE FOLLOWED
THE GOOD BOOK
NOW EVERY TIME
I LOOK BACK
I SURE DO LIKE
WHAT I SEE
AND YEAH
THAT'S HOW IT WAS
AND THAT'S HOW
IT STILL OUGHTA BE
YEAH THAT'S HOW IT WAS
AND IF YOU'RE
ASKIN' ME
WELL THAT'S HOW
IT STILL OUGHTA BE