Do You Remember...

Do you remember when things were simple?

Candy was a penny, and you got so many

It was Okay if you gave a piece away.

Do you remember when things were simple?

A train ride less than a quarter you could ride to the border...

Of Brooklyn to Coney Island and play in the sand.

Do you remember when things were simple?

Coloring was in books ...we never looked

Now the Bell Curve tolls ...we are different I am told 

Is that really the truth?

Do you remember when things were simple?

Times tables used to give us the answers

What the hell are 486 co-processors?

A net was for butterflies, fish and things with a shell,

Now my son's surfing the Internet, trying to get in touch with himself.

Do you remember when things were simple?

We'd play tag in the park, down by the river ... long after dark

Seemed much safer, now statistics make a case for a big dog that barks.

Do you remember when things were simple?

Candy was a penny, you got so many

It was okay if you gave a piece away