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

Well the children come back to see the old homeplace

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 homeplace gets dust on their new

shiny cars

Well they didn’t complain about nothing to do back when the old homepclace was

new

Back when the old homepclace 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 homepclace 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 homepclace was new

Back when the old homepclace…

(harmonica)

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 toolshed

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 homepclace…