Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I watched I Dream of Jeannie, Beverly Hillbillies every day after school
On Ed Sullivan, girls were screaming, the Beatles are so cool
Bought a second-hand guitar and I'm gonna be a star when I get on stage
And the girls will love me, that's what my buddies tell me, we'll call it the good old days

[Chorus]
When the sun shined brighter and the girls were hotter, I'm showing my age
And I don't want a mulligan or to do it again, I call it the good old days

[Verse 2]
We fought a war in Vietnam, we hated Uncle Sam from Dylan protest songs
We had San Francisco love and dope and tree hugging, Jerry Lewis telethons
We had good and we had evil, we had Evil Knievil, a Harley in my driveway
And it kept breaking down on the trips around town and I call it the good old days

[Chorus]
When the gas was cheaper, tea was sweeter, smoking was still okay
And we could drink and drive on a Saturday night and we called it the good old days

[Verse 3]
I like front porch picking with my girlfriend singing Jackson like Johnny and June
Had a new love feeling, rocking and reeling, dancing under the moon
And tomorrow we'll be fighting and I can hear her crying over words I didn't say
And I see clearly, I say it sincerely, I call it the good old days

[Chorus]
When the winters were colder, snow was deeper, we wouldn't want it any other way
Yeah, the times were rough and they made us tough and we call it the good old days
When the sun shined brighter and the girls were hotter, I'm showing my age
And I don't want a mulligan or to do it again, I call it the good old days
When the gas was cheaper, tea was sweeter, smoking was still okay
And we could drink and drive on a Saturday night and we called it the good old days
And we called it the good old days