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SIMPLER TIMES

There was doo-wop on my radio
When my riches turned to rags
My claim in the world was a pretty young girl
And a Cool Breeze at my back
Who could've believed such a gentle song
The words didn't have to rhyme
Between her and me, it was easy to see
We were livin' in Simpler Times...
We gathered by our fortress
I guided our attack
We were on the run toward a Crimson Sun
Yeah, we scaled those mesquite tracks
It's hard to believe I'd have noticed
I just remember how it blew my mind
Way back when, it was you and me, my friend
But we were livin' in Simpler Times...
I was dealin' southbound tokens
Hell, nobody seemed to care
Yeah, I was scrubbin' trucks for a couple of bucks
That seemed to vanish in the air
We'd ride out past those breakers
I can still hear 'ol Wendy whine
That night I went lookin' for help but I found myself
But we were livin' in Simpler Times
We gathered on that sacred land
Where I was Mickey and you were Duke
But heroes die hard in a little boy's yard
I guess part of me did, too
But I live for the happy ending
And though the little boy is past his prime
Tonight I'm callin' my shot, Man, cuz it's all I got
And I'm longin' for Simpler Times...
 

FULL CIRCLE

We can rest here awhile
We can run til we drop
We can wrestle for a chair when this music stops
If the jukebox screams when there ain't nobody there
Does it really make you dance and does anybody care
That we
Sold the mansion in Savannah
Built us a castle in the sand
See, what it amounts to here ain't nothin'
Lord, I'm coming full circle again...
We coulda been paupers, hey
We coulda been kings
Chasing diamonds in the rough and other shiny things
There's a Blue Revolution by that lost highway
When the skies open up will they cancel the parade
Yeah we
Sold the mansion in Savannah
Built us a castle in the sand
Yeah, what it amounts to here ain't nothin'
Lord, I'm coming full circle again...
C'mon, girl, listen to that Sunrise
We're gonna watch the Byrds sing
Count my answers to the questions this livin' brings
All I know is I'm still standing and I kinda like the view
But I wanted so much more way back when you did, too
But we
Sold the mansion in Savannah
Built us a castle in the sand
And, what it amounts to here ain't nothin'
Lord, I'm coming full circle again...