Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Back When The Old Homeplace Was New, artist - Tom T. Hall.
Date of issue: 31.12.1996
Song language: English
Back When The Old Homeplace Was New |
Well the children come back to see the old homeplace |
They don’t see a thing that they like |
The old well out back with its cool clear water don’t fit into their style of |
life |
The old gravel road that leads to the old homeplace gets dust on their new |
shiny cars |
Well they didn’t complain about nothing to do back when the old homepclace was |
new |
Back when the old homepclace was new there was plenty to see and to do |
But they can’t remember and I ain’t gonna tell 'em |
Back when the old homepclace was new |
(harmonica) |
There’s an old swimming hole about a half mile away |
An old tire still swings from a tree |
I’ve got an old jar full of lightening and bugs and a dogfishin' weren’t just |
today |
They can’t get on line from my old telephone and I ain’t got no cable TV |
Oh we used to tell stories and some of them true |
Back when the old homepclace was new |
Back when the old homepclace… |
(harmonica) |
Well the toys they treasured are stashed in the attic except for a rusty old |
bike |
There’s a big ball of string in a drawer in the kitchen |
They used to use flying their kites |
There’s a battered old can out there by the toolshed |
An old can that they used to kick |
They sit on the porch and they stare down the driveway |
They just can’t see living like this |
Back when the old homepclace… |