Boys with skinned knees trading baseball cards Girls with ponytails playing jacks in the front yard.Hopscotch squares on the sidewalk beside schoolLearning the locomotion so we could look coolBack when the biggest decision was what to wearAnd the only teasing you did was to your hairWishing on stars throwing caution to the windJumping rope and playing red rover with friendsPlaying kick the can till the street lights came onOr your momma yelled for you to get back home.When roller skates had pom pom’s and four wheelsDouble dares and a pinkie swear sealed the deal.Back when a dollar got you in and some popcornThe holes in your jeans came from being wornSimpler times when we were all young and freeFunny how being grown is what we all wanted to beLooking back I think how lucky we had it thenSometimes it would be nice to be a child again.
