i wish things were simple again

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

a song could be played for a nickel back then

and i wish things were simple again

not even the blue skies roar with thunder

men fly above us 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

not even the blue skies roar with thunder

men fly above us 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