Computer Kids

Mama I'm so tired these days Working all the while just to make a living Just like our fathers did, but they had old cars and seven children Even the gas was 50 cents and that seemed expensive Heard the river didn't filter through plastic bottles and soda cans Cigarette butts and sandy rocks in the belly of the pigeon You could have the bench seat sat with five unbuckled Still make it past the station Was it really better back when you didn't have something to recall Did it all seem so innocent because it was all you got Well I was one of those computer kids, and I still got scarred from barbed wire nests Small town city, oil boom country, smoke stacks steam the sunsets When the whistle blows you know the cabinets are gonna shake From a rock slinging metal giant cruising down the railway Right on main-street, the giant spruce stayed But the house had been demolished, rightfully so I guess And it was something rather somber The dell diamond days changed us forever And I still boil when I hear that song I walked back in a shiver, acted so mature Well I don't wanna be in Kansas anymore If only I had a brain I'd be ashore Well I don't wanna be in Kansas anymore, no sir If only I had a brain, I'd be ashore Was it really better back when you didn't have something to recall Did it all seem so innocent because it was all you got