It has been clear to me lately how much I appreciate my childhood and what we call "The Good Ole Days"

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Back when the TV Guide sat by the chair,
Friday night plans were printed in there.
Three channels clear, you picked just one,
Missed that show? It was gone.
No pause, no rewind, no “on demand,”
You learned to wait, learned to plan.

[Chorus]
Those were the good ole days,
Life didn’t come right away.
Waited for Saturday, waited for spring,
Waited by the phone just to hear it ring.
Fewer choices, more time to choose,
Less convenience, a little less news.
Didn’t have everything under the sun,
But simple felt like fun.

[Verse 2]
Dinner was waiting at quarter past five,
Everyone home when Dad would arrive.
Sat at the table, talked about school,
No phones in your hands, that wasn’t the rule.
Newspaper told you what movie would play,
What time, how far away.

[Chorus]
Those were the good ole days,
Life didn’t come right away.
Waited for Saturday, waited for spring,
Waited by the phone just to hear it ring.
Fewer choices, more time to choose,
Less convenience, a little less news.
Didn’t have everything under the sun,
But simple felt like fun.

[Bridge]
Maybe we complained when the line was too long,
Maybe bored when the station signed off.
But boredom made room for a front porch swing,
A bike ride, or just anything.

[Final Chorus]
Those were the good ole days,
Before everything came right away.
Planned our lives around what we could do,
Made a little something feel brand new.
Fewer choices, but stories to tell,
Knew our neighbors and knew them well.
Maybe it wasn’t perfect, maybe memory plays
A trick on the heart when we look back those ways—

But I miss family dinner,
I miss handwritten lines,
I miss waiting all week
For a favorite show time.

Yeah, I miss those simple,
Good ole days.

[Outro]
Before the whole world
Was a button away…
We had to wait for tomorrow—
And somehow…
That was okay.