Back When The Old Homeplace Was New Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

Well the children come back to see the old home-place 

They don't see a thing that they like 

The old well out back with its cool clear water don't fit into their style of life 

The old gravel road that leads to the old home-place gets dust on their new shiny cars 

Well they didn't complain about nothing to do back when the old home-place was new 

Back when the old home-place was new there was plenty to see and to do 

But they can't remember and I ain't gonna tell 'em 

Back when the old home-place was new 

[Harmonica] 

There's an old swimming hole about a half mile away 

An old tire still swings from a tree 

I've got an old jar full of lightening and bugs and a dogfishin' weren't just today 

They can't get on line from my old telephone and I ain't got no cable TV 

Oh we used to tell stories and some of them true 

Back when the old home-place was new 

Back when the old home-place... 

[Harmonica] 

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Well the toys they treasured are stashed in the attic except for a rusty old bike 

There's a big ball of string in a drawer in the kitchen 

They used to use flying their kites 

There's a battered old can out there by the tool-shed 

An old can that they used to kick 

They sit on the porch and they stare down the driveway 

They just can't see living like this 

Back when the old home-place... 

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