- LyRiCs To SoMe Of My FAVORITE sOnGs! - HoPe Ya LiKe Em! -

After every day-after-Thanksgiving sale the malls just ain't complete
Without a bunch of decorations and a paper angel tree
There's artificial smiles on artificial tree limbs
Saying what she'd love to have and what to buy for him

Well i hope Maggie likes her new winter clothes and her buggy with a baby doll
And maybe Tom'll smile with his new nike shoes when he shoots that basketball
I can't help but wishing that i could do more

Paper angels you're in my thoughts and prayers
No matter where you are right now remember God's right there
He's asking all of us to help take care
Of his paper angels everywhere

Going through the mail almost every afternoon i see a Mom and Dad's
Worst dream
There on the back of a money-saving ad to get my carpet cleaned
Height, weight, hair, eyes, date missing, and DOB
A child's name, a picture, and the words 'have you seen me?'

Paper angels you're in my thoughts and prayers
No matter where you are right now remember God's right there
He's asking all of us to help take care
Of his paper angels everywhere

His documented bruises fill a folder file
She's a second grade self-portrait drawn without a smile
And every town is littered with this kind of debris
We've got to stop this madness and it's up to you and me

Paper angels you're in my thoughts and prayers
No matter where you are right now remember God's right there
He's asking all of us to help take care
Of his paper angels everywhere

Paper angels everywhere

Don’t you remember the fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in the bottle at ten two and four
A fried bologna sandwich with mayo and tomatoes
Sitting at the table don’t happen much no more
We’ve gotten too complicated,
It’s all way overrated
I love the old and outdated way of life

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
Crack’s what you were doing when you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
When you said, “I’m down with that”, it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

I loved my records, black shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops and white noise, man they sounded fine
Had my favorite station, the one that played ‘em all
Country, soul, rock and roll, what happened to those times
I’m reading street slang for dummies
‘cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money the way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
Crack’s what you were doing when you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
When you said, “I’m down with that”, it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when

I want the flattop strumming
Give me an old wurly humming
Oh, just keep it coming the way it was back then

Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
Crack’s what you were doing when you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
When you said, “I’m down with that”, it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when