Bob Mould - Compositions for The Young & Old lyrics

Found a book of interest the other day Compositions for the young and old to sing Poems written many years ago They told of family and hope and other things Put together in the old days When fifteen cents, it was a buck Thats when five would get you ten Before it took you eight just to get you one Some people, they dont care When theyre down on their luck Cheap thrills are awful, hard to find these days No one is amused for free Someones pulling on your mamas apron strings Youd better run and see who it is Playing cards with your neighbors on the back porch Singing with an old beat-up guitar Going to the local swimming hole Until they closed it down, now theres nowhere to go Things used to be so simple long time ago Now everything is so expensive and complicated I hear you need a license For just about anything Used to be that A handshake was a mans word Now we settle arguments in court No one trusts anyones intentions anymore Rummaging through the attic when Im home It brings back those memories to me Id amuse myself when I was small When I was younger the simplest things would do Now Im on everybodys mailing list For things I cant afford to buy I hear the weatherman He says, "It looks like rain for a while" I guess Ill have to stay inside Make peanut bu*ter sandwiches and cry