Rita Springer - Those Were The Days Lyrics
This is a true story, I grew up on a ranch in CaliforniaWith a tree house in the front pasture and geese and goats everywhereThis is for the sibs, there are six of us and back thenThat was enough for a tag football team, life truly was simple thenI can remember when the sky was so blueWe played cowboys and Indians and can you catch the moonGirl clubs in the tree house and the boys, they had to stay outWondering what we were doing up there all afternoonThose were the days when life was a little simplerThose were the days we didn't have much to sayThose were the days when we looked so forward to winterAnd April flowers and the summer rainWe had geese on the front porch and we had goats in the backyardDaddy was always bringing home a lost soul to freeIt's funny what you remember in a house made of timberSix hungry wide-eyed mouths to feedThere's no place like homeOh, we had nothing fancy, just welfare and communityAnd stray dogs we loved and buried in the backyardOh, there's no place like homeIt's a song if there's a melody, survival if no harmonyIt's a choice to make a symphony out of anything at allI can remember when the sky was so blueBut growing up, it changes, all the things we have to doI'm thankful for the memories no matter where they take meAnd it's always just a little bittersweet tooThose were the days the sky was so blueOh, those were the days that I remember You
