Can I just be real for a minute man
I miss them days
You know, before the responsibility and all that
Where, the most important thing you had to do
Was just be you
Let me spit it
A return to innocence, the times we'll forever miss
My childhood was the valley now I'm at the precipice
I used to be a kid who couldn't understand jokes
That made all those grown folks laugh
But now I do and that's that
Yo you wanna know what's cooky 'bout that
30 years ago to me is 1970
In high school I scoffed at kids born in 1990
And I was created somewhere between all that
Pressing rewind on the home 8 mili collection
My birthday parties where I cherished all those connections
My wardrobe pathetic but I balled through imperfection
Missing school constantly, hookie was my perfection
My mind impressionable, could tell me anything
My gullible soul had the best intentions
The mountains where I learned a first curse word
Most likely slightly after Doug Funny and Big Bird
Take it back before I even knew what sex was
My virginity sacred, recall a tape found in the closet
Of a best friends house, he said check this out but shut your
Mouth, my Dad will have my ass if he finds out
Before then, my mind pristine like a white sheen
No gutter for my mind to be stuck in
Some things in life you can't unsee, some things you
Can't undo, no control-z, we copy paste sin like glue
Though with bills past due, just wanna go back to
Playing football in the evening in the neighbors yard
Adulting's hard, I have witnessed mad scars
From friends, who work 60 hours a week to escape from
The repetitious mundane or a broken marriage
Hopeful for a fresh new them in the baby carriage
On some Don Henley shit, I know a place where we can go
Naked but unashamed, our innocence aglow ayo
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Let me take you back to 1986
When Wurthy Wurth a zygote, God installs my tricks
Didn't really know what I was made of back then
Like my throwback flow needing a quill for my pen
Growing up, inspired by the sounds on the tele
Pretty sure the same was true in momma's belly
So a garage band was my focus, then eventually
2001 - I would try my hand at beats and melody
Sitting near the couch, making tapes from one takes
Passin' that around the bus, respect I wanted a taste
Stu with OLC crew, what's the scoop
Campin out at Fairfield, tryna finesse a ball through a hoop
Rollin' 20 deep to catch a flick across the county
Waiting for my boys to quick pick me up like Bounty
Would Atchley approve my ambiguity
Guess you can't skip out on life's lessons, no truancy
Man I really miss my grandma too; she's partially responsible for the man you see in front of you
Mom was a single parent tryna raise us by her lonesome
Imagine where we'd be without the extra support
Now through family court measures, our bond becomes weathered
Somehow, I'm seeking optimism despite the spite
Now were we always bound to fight? family ties
Do I miss them? Indeed, like a job site
I know I've said it before, will likely say it again
You'll always take for granted free time with friends but
More and more I'm learning that the fake exist
The moment you offer them nothing, man you ain't missed
That wasn't the case back in grade four
You had their back they had yours in games of tug of war
I wonder if we were just too sheltered
Cuz people gon' split apart, no Lincoln welder
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Pete Wurthy - A Return to Innocence Lyrics
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Can I just be real for a minute man
I miss them days
You know, before the responsibility and all that
Where, the most important thing you had to do
Was just be you
Let me spit it
A return to innocence, the times we'll forever miss
My childhood was the valley now I'm at the precipice
I used to be a kid who couldn't understand jokes
That made all those grown folks laugh
But now I do and that's that
Yo you wanna know what's cooky 'bout that
30 years ago to me is 1970
In high school I scoffed at kids born in 1990
And I was created somewhere between all that
Pressing rewind on the home 8 mili collection
My birthday parties where I cherished all those connections
My wardrobe pathetic but I balled through imperfection
Missing school constantly, hookie was my perfection
My mind impressionable, could tell me anything
My gullible soul had the best intentions
The mountains where I learned a first curse word
Most likely slightly after Doug Funny and Big Bird
Take it back before I even knew what sex was
My virginity sacred, recall a tape found in the closet
Of a best friends house, he said check this out but shut your
Mouth, my Dad will have my ass if he finds out
Before then, my mind pristine like a white sheen
No gutter for my mind to be stuck in
Some things in life you can't unsee, some things you
Can't undo, no control-z, we copy paste sin like glue
Though with bills past due, just wanna go back to
Playing football in the evening in the neighbors yard
Adulting's hard, I have witnessed mad scars
From friends, who work 60 hours a week to escape from
The repetitious mundane or a broken marriage
Hopeful for a fresh new them in the baby carriage
On some Don Henley shit, I know a place where we can go
Naked but unashamed, our innocence aglow ayo
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Let me take you back to 1986
When Wurthy Wurth a zygote, God installs my tricks
Didn't really know what I was made of back then
Like my throwback flow needing a quill for my pen
Growing up, inspired by the sounds on the tele
Pretty sure the same was true in momma's belly
So a garage band was my focus, then eventually
2001 - I would try my hand at beats and melody
Sitting near the couch, making tapes from one takes
Passin' that around the bus, respect I wanted a taste
Stu with OLC crew, what's the scoop
Campin out at Fairfield, tryna finesse a ball through a hoop
Rollin' 20 deep to catch a flick across the county
Waiting for my boys to quick pick me up like Bounty
Would Atchley approve my ambiguity
Guess you can't skip out on life's lessons, no truancy
Man I really miss my grandma too; she's partially responsible for the man you see in front of you
Mom was a single parent tryna raise us by her lonesome
Imagine where we'd be without the extra support
Now through family court measures, our bond becomes weathered
Somehow, I'm seeking optimism despite the spite
Now were we always bound to fight? family ties
Do I miss them? Indeed, like a job site
I know I've said it before, will likely say it again
You'll always take for granted free time with friends but
More and more I'm learning that the fake exist
The moment you offer them nothing, man you ain't missed
That wasn't the case back in grade four
You had their back they had yours in games of tug of war
I wonder if we were just too sheltered
Cuz people gon' split apart, no Lincoln welder
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
I miss them days
You know, before the responsibility and all that
Where, the most important thing you had to do
Was just be you
Let me spit it
A return to innocence, the times we'll forever miss
My childhood was the valley now I'm at the precipice
I used to be a kid who couldn't understand jokes
That made all those grown folks laugh
But now I do and that's that
Yo you wanna know what's cooky 'bout that
30 years ago to me is 1970
In high school I scoffed at kids born in 1990
And I was created somewhere between all that
Pressing rewind on the home 8 mili collection
My birthday parties where I cherished all those connections
My wardrobe pathetic but I balled through imperfection
Missing school constantly, hookie was my perfection
My mind impressionable, could tell me anything
My gullible soul had the best intentions
The mountains where I learned a first curse word
Most likely slightly after Doug Funny and Big Bird
Take it back before I even knew what sex was
My virginity sacred, recall a tape found in the closet
Of a best friends house, he said check this out but shut your
Mouth, my Dad will have my ass if he finds out
Before then, my mind pristine like a white sheen
No gutter for my mind to be stuck in
Some things in life you can't unsee, some things you
Can't undo, no control-z, we copy paste sin like glue
Though with bills past due, just wanna go back to
Playing football in the evening in the neighbors yard
Adulting's hard, I have witnessed mad scars
From friends, who work 60 hours a week to escape from
The repetitious mundane or a broken marriage
Hopeful for a fresh new them in the baby carriage
On some Don Henley shit, I know a place where we can go
Naked but unashamed, our innocence aglow ayo
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Let me take you back to 1986
When Wurthy Wurth a zygote, God installs my tricks
Didn't really know what I was made of back then
Like my throwback flow needing a quill for my pen
Growing up, inspired by the sounds on the tele
Pretty sure the same was true in momma's belly
So a garage band was my focus, then eventually
2001 - I would try my hand at beats and melody
Sitting near the couch, making tapes from one takes
Passin' that around the bus, respect I wanted a taste
Stu with OLC crew, what's the scoop
Campin out at Fairfield, tryna finesse a ball through a hoop
Rollin' 20 deep to catch a flick across the county
Waiting for my boys to quick pick me up like Bounty
Would Atchley approve my ambiguity
Guess you can't skip out on life's lessons, no truancy
Man I really miss my grandma too; she's partially responsible for the man you see in front of you
Mom was a single parent tryna raise us by her lonesome
Imagine where we'd be without the extra support
Now through family court measures, our bond becomes weathered
Somehow, I'm seeking optimism despite the spite
Now were we always bound to fight? family ties
Do I miss them? Indeed, like a job site
I know I've said it before, will likely say it again
You'll always take for granted free time with friends but
More and more I'm learning that the fake exist
The moment you offer them nothing, man you ain't missed
That wasn't the case back in grade four
You had their back they had yours in games of tug of war
I wonder if we were just too sheltered
Cuz people gon' split apart, no Lincoln welder
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Wish I could run back with open arms
To my childhood, out the way from any harm
A much simpler life, ain't that right?
Mom dukes telling us everything will be alright
Homework the grossest meal on my plate
A bedtime 'cause I shouldn't have to stay up late
Fretting over how to survive, nowadays
I drop to my knees and pray, I miss you yesterday
Writer: Adam Shinn
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