picking flowers

I can hear my parents calling
Picking flowers in the garden
Easy to amuse
Didn't keep up with the news
Oh yeah
That was back when rent was cheaper
Dirty t-shirts, beat up sneakers
Everything was new
And not a thing we couldn't do

Here's to the dreams that we had
Back when we laughed and we didn't know that
There would be days that were bad
We felt the love and we loved what we had
Not all the money we stash
We wouldn't fight back the tears when were sad
Gave everybody a chance
What happened to all the dreams that we had

Never by myself
Couldn't reach me at my cell
Didn't have to work back then
Our parents were the ATMs
When it was easy to be grateful
Whatever we had we were thankful
Didn't worry about the bills
Every now and again
I just think back to when

I can hear my parents calling
Picking flowers in the garden
Easy to amuse
Didn't keep up with the news
Oh yeah
That was back when rent was cheaper
Dirty t-shirts, beat up sneakers
Everything was new
And not a thing we couldn't do

Here's to the dreams that we had
Back when we laughed and we didn't know that
There would be days that were bad
We felt the love and we loved what we had
Not all the money we stash
We wouldn't fight back the tears when were sad
Gave everybody a chance
What happened to all the dreams that we had

Here's to the dreams that we had
Back when we laughed and we didn't know that
There would be days that were bad
We felt the love and we loved what we had
Not all the money we stash
We wouldn't fight back the tears when were sad
Gave everybody a chance
What happened to all the dreams that we had