i wish things were simple like they used to be when cowboys rode horses and were heroes to me my mother was a lady and my dad was a man and i wish things were simple again i wish things were simple like when i was a kid a man just got paid for the work that he did and a song could be played for a nickel back then and i wish things were simple again but even the blue skies roar with thunder men fly above like birds nothin is simple not even a love song the story gets lost in the words but there s no way to rewind it s gone with the wind and i wish things were simple again even the blue skies roar with thunder men fly above like birds nothin is simple not even a love song the story gets lost in the words there s no way to rewind it s gone with the wind and i wish things were simple again oh i wish things were simple again