Written by B. Gudgeon, P. Gudgeon

Copyright 2020 Droning Foghorn Music, BMI

Lyrics

Just the other day
She saw her Uncle Herman
Seventy-Nine, happy with his life

Bought a home in the country
With a garden and a little bit o' land
Has sons and grand kids
Still in love with wife

And he said,
"Lotta folks have bitten off more
Than I could ever chew,
Beats me why they do the things they do.

We gotta get back to the basics hon'
It wasn't so bad, the way things were When I was young,
We were poor, but we got along jus' fine,
We need to go back to a
Simple way of living life".

Got his own zoo:
turkey, deer and squirrels,
There's a couple o' red birds
Must be feedin' time,

Planted corn and tomatas,
Nothin' better'n home grown buddy
Got some walnuts and pecans
Over there by the line.

And he said,
"Why are kids surfin' on the Internet,
Stead o' playin' outside?
I think they're missin' out
on the best year of there lives!

We gotta get back to the basics hon'
It wasn't so bad, the way things were
when I was young,

We were poor, but we got along jus' fine,
We need to go back
to a simple way of livin' life"

And as she got in her car
and she was drivin' away,
In the back of her mind
She could hear him say:

(Chorus - Tag)