I remember me and my friends playing in the schoolyard
Playing silly games making up the rules
Then I would walk on home all by myself
Cause back then we didn’t worry ’bout no strangers
I would get to my house there were no locked doors
Never worried about freaks or predators hangin around
We fought with our fists nobody pulled a gun
Just get a bloody nose and take off and run
But nowadays everything has changed, violence everywhere
A state of disrepair
Tell me where have the old days gone
Can we bring em back where they belong
It wouldn’t take too long it’s easy to see where we went wrong
We sat around playing records with our friends next door
And the only one rappin’ was the local store
And now we turn on the news and the worlds on fire
And if we wanna be safe we need the One much higher
Tell me where the old days have gone
Can we bring em back where they belong
It wouldn’t take too long it’s easy to see where we went wrong
We let Him down but he never went away
Let’s bring back the Son and seize the day…
Oh and I’m tellin’ you how it used to be
We would pray out in the open
Without a legal fee
Tell me where have the old days gone
Can we bring em back where they belong
It wouldn’t take too long
it’s easy to see where we went wrong
We let Him down but he never went away
Let’s bring back the Son and seize the day…
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Lyrics submitted by jim steinman.