Badminton tournaments
and a croquet match.
Playin’ hide and seek and
a game of catch.
Ridin’ bikes all day
’til the sun went down,
that was summer fun
in our little town.
Makin’ mud pies
and playin’ hop scotch.
Sittin’ in the bleachers,
a baseball game to watch.
Doin’ cartwheels and
swingin’ on the front porch swing.
Spinnin’ 45 records and
we’d sing and sing and sing.
Climb the Redbud tree
in Mom’s front yard.
Hangin’ from the limbs
like they were monkey bars.
Much simpler times,
nothin’ seemed hard.
Not even catchin’
fireflies in a mason jar.
Ridin’ bikes all day
’til the sun went down.
That was summer fun
in our little town
Getting’ squirted
With the water hose
Takin’ Poloroid Pics
“Y’all strike a pose!”
No Playstation
or MP3
No cell phones
or games called Wi.
That’s how it was
way, way back…
Whether to the movies
or the go-kart track,
we ate homemade concessions
from a paper sack.
No money or treasure
could buy its worth
Just fun in the sun
on God’s green earth.
To the Methodist Church
every Sunday morn.
We learned about Jesus
and got re-born.
Ridin’ bikes all day
’til the sun went down.
That was summer fun
in our little town.
That’s how it was
don’t you remember when?
Life was so much simpler then.
Man, I want to do it all again!
Ridin’ bikes all day
’til the sun goes down!