Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less Chapter 62 HARD TO BE A KID TODAY click here if song fails to play in 6 seconds           We grew up in a Normal Rockwell picture perfect town           Where all day long in the summer sun it was safe to roam around           We fished n' swam and swung in a tire hung from an old oak tree           Yeah, some good times were cheap and the rest of 'em were free                 Must be hard to be a kid today                 When everything costs more than folks can afford to pay                 And it's dangerous, even with a fence, to go outside and play                 Must be hard to be a kid today           We worked hard on the family farm through every kind of weather           With no computers or video games, we laughed and played together           Every table was filled with food that was freshly down home grown           An' veterans marched in parades 'stead of wandering streets alone                 Must be hard to be a kid today                 With a whole world gone astray on prime time display                 When jobs n' homes n' dreams are vanishin' all away                 Must be hard to be a kid today           Back then, we were taught the truth will make us free           From the best words on the library shelf           And our science books didn't pretend           The universe somehow designed itself                 Must be hard to be a kid today                 To believe by pure accident we ride the Milky Way                 And be taught there's no God who hears us when we pray                 Must hard to be a kid today, um, um um                 Sure must be hard to be a kid today Click Here to Go Back to Contents Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Richard Aberdeen. Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Freedom Tracks Records. ( including from several earlier copyrights ) No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and signed by the author. For inquiries, please contact Freedom Tracks Records.  The essays entitled Revolution and Revolution ~ Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced and distributed as desired.