Things were so much simpler back then

It was bicycles, swingsets and playing with friends

Didn't come home 'til the street lights came on

Then it was suppertime, PJs and Cartoons at dawn

Oh, sittin' here thinkin' about the past

I wish those days hadn't gone so fast

Barefoot walking in my momma's backyard

Catching fireflies in a mason jar

We were coolin' off and sippin' from that hose

Where time flew, nobody knows

Oh, I didn't know how good it was back then... but it was 'back when'

I thought I knew it all back then

It was chasing boys, makeup and hangin' with friends

I was 17, be home by 12

Jammin' in my Jimmy so sure of myself

Oh, sittin' here thinkin' about the past

I wish those days hadn't gone so fast

Friday night parties in momma's backyard

Crankin' up the bass in my boyfriend's car

Cheering on the team, though we never won

It didn't matter we were having fun

Oh, we didn't know how good it was back then... but it was 'back when'

If I only knew now what I thought I knew back then

What I wouldn't give to be back there again

Barefoot walking through my momma's backyard

Catching fireflies in a old mason jar

We were coolin' off and sippin' from that hose

Where time flew, nobody knows

Oh, I didn't know how good it was back then

No I didn't know how good it was back then... but it was 'back when'

Oh, but it was 'back when'