When We Were Young

We hunted dinosaurs for dinner Our TV it was black and white We drove our horse and buggy To the mall every Saturday night Mama charged her cellphone Down at the water mill Our cave had shag carpets Power windows, and a diesel grill Life was pure and simple When we were young We knew left from right And right from wrong We worked the fields at harvest time When we were young We went to be before nine When we were young Weekends we'd watch the chariot race We didn't have Facebook so we used Myspace We texted in Latin, web sites were in Greek We'd take a bath seven nights a week Papa commuted in his biplane The freeways only had one lane Skyscrapers were made of straw Gravity wasn't yet a law Life was bright and joyful When we were young We made a fortune in real estate Our industry was strong We ate what was on our plate When we were young Never kissed on a first date When we were young When Germany invaded, we had to leave Vietnam By the time we reached Moscow we had the atom bomb Lincoln fled the White House for the shores of Tripoli Napoleon he saved the day when they shot the Kennedys Life was pure and simple When we were young We knew left from right And right from wrong We worked the fields at harvest time When we were young We went to be before nine When we were young When we were young When we were young When we were young When we were young