In the Day

Do you remember in the day

All our crazy summer ways

And those guys that were our friends?

The red and yellow windy falls

When we seemed to have it all

And it was never going to end

The girls we loved that came and went

All the idle time we spent

Playing records that we borrowed

And now it kind of hurts to think

That every time I take a drink

That this would be tomorrow

I don't see nothing wrong with dreaming

Unless that's all you seem to do

Something's wrong when you can't find meaning

Since nineteen-seventy-two

I'm not sure if it's me that needs changing

Maybe we had a better way

But then the world always needed rearranging

Even back in the day

Even back in the day

They've turned the Ritz into a mall

And tore down the big and tall

But the ghosts still wander Main Street

They took away the mom and pop

There's a seven acre stop

Where you buy new tires and bed sheets

Paula's record shop is gone

It died a little with each song

That was written by committee

And now the stars don't really shine

They steal the glow we left behind

In a time they never did see

I don't see nothing wrong with dreaming

Unless that's all you seem to do

Something's wrong when you can't find meaning

Since nineteen-seventy-two

I'm not sure if it's me that needs changing

Maybe we had a better way

But then the world always needed rearranging

Even back in the day

Even back in the day