The Way We Were

Used to want to be in a rock n' roll band
Used to want to be a soldier man
Used to want to be a folk singer in 1963
But Then I grew up and learned life isn't what it seems
When you dream about it as a kid
Or watch it on TV
Or watch it on TV

Used to want to be Indiana Jones
But archeology is kind of lame
I'm not Harrison Ford
I can't crack a whip
But we've got the same scar
But I'm not scared of snakes
I'm scared of sharks
Because I saw Jaws
Because I saw Jaws

Then I saw an old man sitting on his porch
Saying youth is wasted on you kids
When I was young we wore what we had on
But Vietnam was a scam and The Beatles held my hand
And then they shot John Lennon
And Ronald Regan too
And Ronald Regan too

Made me think about when I was a kid
How I'd lay on the grass and let my imagination run free
I thought about my friend from down the street
And Summer Barbecues and the girl I kissed one night
At the roller rink
At the roller rink

Then I thought about all the old guys
The ones who pine for the way we were
The ones who still wish it was 1952
And how they're just mad because they got old
And how someday
I'll be that way too
I'll be that way too

And sometimes when I'm by myself
I run my hands through my thinning hair
And think about when I was young
How I wish I never grew up and was in Ma's living room
Laying on the couch
With old Milo on my lap
With old Milo on my lap