These are the good old days And I wish that I could stay These are the good old days (these are the good old days, yeah) It's all good right now I don't really know why, I don't really know why But these are the good old days Oh, I'd like to stay I wish

I'm on my way Because I've got a thing about seeing my grandson grow 'Cause while my blood's still warm and my mind doesn't matter Wish I could watch them jumping round, calling names Kicking cans and playing tag, hide in every place Wish I could see

I'd do it all for you But I wish I could feel it all for you I wish I could be it all for you If I could erase the pain I'd do it all for you, I would I would, I would, I would I left my house Left my clothes Then maybe you'd feel the same

No one makes me feel the way Feel the way you do No one else could make me say Say these things to you I feel something kind of dangerous I wish I knew what it was Babe let's get together Get together for some

How could I ever go back Back to the life Where I lived amongst the dead Who have forgotten how to feel And become slaves to memory And wishful thinking But your love has set me free As you awaken every star That has been sleeping In the constellation of

My ghetto gospel Those who wish to follow me I welcome with my hands And the red sun sinks at last Into the hills of gold And peace to this young warrior Without the sound of guns Uh, hit em with a little ghetto gospel If I could recollect before my hood

Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear It's too late when we die To admit we don't see eye to eye I just wish I could have told him in the living years Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come

We were wishing and kissing and sipping that stuff Sho' nuff messing me up Till I couldn't tell the moonlight, from the stars in her eyes And that apple pie moonshine Well I apologized when I picked her up Said this old truck is just a fixer up She

Ain't it baby, ain't it Can it baby, can it Wish we could do it over Damn it baby, damn it Rips ya like a dagger, It's over when its over We had it in the air, we just couldn't land it Its the first snap, of the last straw, Where regrets outlast the

Wish we could stay all night Tell all your friends and bring your mom and them I wish we could stay all night Well, we're gonna have to pay for the hotel, oh well Least the drinks are free Oh, I don't know if it's right But tonight I'm tyin' one on you