Tom T. Hall - Back When The Old Homeplace Was New lyrics

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 it's 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

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

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