Back In the Day
/A folk-rock style song lyric on the dangers of nostalgia
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We look back to a happier time
Back in the day
Our memory says everything was fine
Back in the day
Bright sun-lit scenes we fondly recall
We tell ourselves that we had it all
Back in the day
The past is tinged with a rosy hue
Back in the day
Nostalgia colors our point of view
Back in the day
But fact is while some things then were great
There’s darker truths we don’t contemplate
Back in the day
We claim great wealth
But too many then were desperate poor
And cherish peace
But sent men to die in far-off wars
Say all were free
But Jim Crow denied folks civil rights
There’s crosses burning in the dead of night
White-robed lynchings ‘neath the pale moon light
Back in the day
That’s all still here, not just history
Back in the day
What we do now’s what tomorrow’ll see
Back in the day
So throw away that rose-colored glass
Let’s bring some change here and now to last
And leave our future a better past
Back in the day
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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