Used to play make-believe

On the banks of Trinity

Jump from stone to stone, just my pops and me

Never knew what I had found

In that girl from Corpus Town

She was my first love, wonder how she doin' now

What if I had loved her? What if I had stayed?

What if I'd never put my money on a chase?

I wish that I could go back sometimes

Simplify this life, ooh

Simplify this life

We were children on the loose

Collecting scars and the bruises

Crossing railroad tracks just to get to school

Played all day into the night

Had to be back by dinnertime

When Mama's voice rang out, we knew it was time

I can smell the gumbo every Saturday

Makes me wanna come home when I'm far away

I wish that I could go back sometimes

Simplify this life, ooh

Simplify this life

Heaven's not hard to reach

Baby, all we need is to simplify

Don't know what tomorrow's gon' bring

Baby, all we need is to simplify

Travel both the land and sea

I see all I need is to simplify

Fall in love when everything leaves

Baby, all I need is to simplify

Maybe all I need is to—

This life, this life

In this life

Simplify this life

Simplify this life