back in the day like my grandma used to say she was a single mom raising my mom with the money she made working in a beauty salon her husband was gone and her plans got changed still she did the best she could back in the day cause it s her eyes and she gets so far away she s talking at the floor your grand daddy bought me that piano after he came home from the war you know the world keeps getting stranger but i still feel the same i love you now like i loved you then back in the day i had a pair of kangaroos not the animals but the tennis shoes kept my lunch money in a pocket on the side i was convinced that the shoes made me jump high i guess it was because of the name still i loved the idea just the same cause it s her eyes and she gets so far away feels more like a dream that s your daddy with a moustache that s your mommy being free you know the world keeps getting stranger but i still feel the same i love you now like i loved you then afgahn rugs and tapestries made from memories and dreams growing old or growing young i ll hold you in my heart cause it s her eyes and she gets so far away she s talking at the floor your grand daddy bought me that piano after he came home from the war you know the world keeps getting stranger but i still feel the same i love you now like i loved you then you know i need you now like i needed you then you know i love you now like i loved you then like i loved you back in the day