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BACK IN THE DAY

2:48country 2025-05-22

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A song that smells like a bonfire, gasoline from an old pickup truck, and a pie taken out of the oven on the porch. This isn't nostalgia, but rather an attempt to find solid ground beneath our feet - the very ground where adults weren't afraid to say hello, children played until dark, and the word“promise” didn't need to be confirmed with a text message. Each line is like a yellowed photograph found in a box of Christmas toys. Not to make you cry, but to remind you that simplicity is not simplification, and free do m is no t compli c at i on. And if sudde n l y ev e r yth i ng arou n d y ou se e m s a l ittle t oo m u ch... thi s song i s l i ke a“back ” but t on. It does n ' t can c el r e ality, b u t it lets you b r eathe. W ith a guitar, of course.

Lyrics and translation

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When a man was a man and his word was true
And your problems could be fixed with a beer or two
There wasn't so much hate on the nightly news
Yeah, lately I've been thinkin' that we could use, a little more
Back, back in the day
When the world didn't seem so crazy
I'm just trying to say
Some things don't need changin'
From where I stand, it ain't workin'
Everybody's hurtin', think it's time we turn it
Back, back in the day
Oh, when you waved to a stranger and your neighbour was a friend
And a deal would be done with the shake of a hand
And a bonfire night was a weekend's plan
Oh, lately I've been wishin' we could go back then
Oh, back, back in the day
When the world didn't seem so crazy
I'm just trying to say
Some things don't need changin'
From where I stand, it ain't workin'
Everybody's hurtin', think it's time we turn it
Back, back in the day
Oh, let's take it back
(Back in the day, back in the day...)
Oh, take it back
(Back in the day, back in the day...)
Oh, I'm just looking for a world where my kids
Can grow up wild and free, like I did
Back, back in the day
Oh, back in the day
Man, I wish I could go
Back, back in the day
When the world didn't seem so crazy
I'm just trying to say
Some things don't need changin'
From where I stand, it ain't workin'
Everybody's hurtin', think it's time we turn it
Back, back in the day
Oh, take me back
Hey, hey
Hey, take me back
Yeah, take me back

Watch video James Johnston - BACK IN THE DAY

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