70 memories Lyrics

In the back yard, my old man is burning leaves, in a garbage can

Kids riding bikes behind a jeep, chasing fog, mosquito man

Mom hanging laundry on the clothesline, in the early afternoon

Big yellow buses, flashing lights, bringing kids back home from school

Ice cream truck, rolling down the street, ringing bells, what a beautiful sound

Better get yourself back home for dinner, fore the sun goes down

Built a treehouse out in the woods with a couple kids, my old gang

Had some magazines and cigarettes, we just go up there and hang

Then we ride our bikes over to the drive in, watch the movie thru the fence

Sometimes we jump over, grab a speaker and listen in

That's the way I remember, way it used to be

That's the way I remember, 70 memories

I had a bb gun, one time I tried to shoot out a streetlight

I pulled the trigger and all the insides went flying out into the night

Ride down to the old canal, had a rope and tire hanging from a tree

Somebody would give me a push, I go swinging out, jump into the stream

Got to be friends, with a lonely kid, his dad owned the local bar

We would rip off pints of jim beam and then go drink 'em in the park

Go down to the railroad, put a bunch of pennies on the tracks

Big ol trains go flying by, pull the shirt right off your back

One day alone, caught in a lightning storm, hiding under a tree

Scared to death, praying to god, mom and dad would come and rescue me

That's the way I remember, way it used to be

That's the way I remember, 70 memories

Ride my bike to the gas station, get my old man some cigarettes

Drop a quarter in the vending machine, pull the lever, L&M

My best friend dad died, his mother went away for a while to France

We had some parties, bunch of teenage kids, drinking beer and smoking grass

That's the way I remember, way it used to be

That's the way I remember, 70 memories