Bad New Ways

I am staring at a stranger

don't worry I ain't in danger

Just bored out of my mind trying to get out of this date

But I pour myself another glass

at least this drink ain't half-ass

Cause when life gives you lemons, make cabernet

This ain't where I thought I'd be

After I turned 30

I think this cookie cutter I got bent out of shape

Because when I was a child

my dreams would run wild

But dreams always end, as soon as you wake

Then I start remembering

How simple things where back when

When Grandma was in the next room

Crooning that same bluesy tune

Grandpa's out back yelling at his vintage car

Mom is patching up my brother's knee

And the hound is outside sniffing a breeze

Dad is on the front porch strumming that old guitar

Back then I could still find my Northern Star

How do we turn these bad new ways

Into the good old days

Now I'm working all the wrong jobs

Falling for all the wrong slobs

staying in too much then feeling lonely

And Pixar makes me cry now

In there life works out somehow

If only I could be a little fish in the sea

At least we have our memories

And can play them like an old movie

When Grandma was in the next room

Crooning that same bluesy tune

Grandpa's out back yelling at his vintage car

Mom is patching up my brother's knee

And the hound is outside sniffing a breeze

Dad is on the front porch strumming that old guitar

Back then I could still find my Northern Star

How do we turn these bad new ways

Into the good old days

Dirty hands and mud pies

Playing make-believe outside

Basketball and fireflies

These are things that make me smile

Double Dutch and video games

Drawing inside when it rains

Sleepovers with my best friend

Can we go back and do it again?

When Grandma was in the next room

Crooning that same bluesy tune

Grandpa's out back yelling at his vintage car

Mom is patching up my brother's knee

And the hound is outside sniffing a breeze

Dad is on the front porch strumming that old guitar

Back then I could still find my Northern Star

How do we turn these bad new ways

Into the good old days