If These Old Bones Could Talk

If these old bones could talk they'd say we came Waco Texas It was a different time a different kind of game Cadillac green marblette that had aged slightly yellow And the boxes torn and tattered but the memories still remain Hickory smoke above and an old dog on the floor A piece of chalk on a black slate table taught for keeping score Old friends and stories of the places and the ones they love Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk The first time these bones left the box a young boy built a castle Set em up knocked em down just to watch the kingdom fall The first time that the boy left Home he took those same bones with him When he went to fight for freedom on the day his country called Halfway round the world with dominos stored in his gear He knew a game of 42, the friends could wash away the fear To bring back, Old friends and stories of the places and the ones they love Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk Next to a picture full of uniforms in the center of a mantle A young boy asked his father, daddy what's inside this box He said now these are dominos my son and its time for you to have them Feel free to build a castle with your brand new building blocks There may not be instructions that can tell you how to play But if these old bones could talk I can tell what theyd say About old friends and stories of the places and the ones they love Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk They'd tell old friends and stories Of the places and the ones they love Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk If these old bones could talk they'd say we came Waco Texas And though the players may be different the game remains the same