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Verse 1

There’s a screen door slammin’ in my memory

Bare feet on a gravel drive

Mama’s voice floatin’ through the pine trees

Sayin’ “Boy, don’t let this moment slide”

Radio hums an old George Jones tune

Coke bottles sweatin’ in our hands

We didn’t know we were rich back then

Just thought that’s how life was planned

Chorus

Back when time was kind and slow

When the days felt wide as the fields we’d roam

Before goodbye meant more than a wave

And love was somethin’ we didn’t have to save

Yeah, I’d give anything to find

One more night back when time was kind

Verse 2

Daddy’s truck smells like oil and rain

Bench seat worn down just right

He taught me how to shift my pain

Same way you shift those gears at night

First kiss tasted like cheap beer

Under Friday night lights

I thought forever was a promise

Not just somethin’ we say sometimes

Chorus

Back when time was kind and slow

When we swore we’d never outgrow

Those dreams scribbled on notebook lines

We thought the world would wait on us to decide

Yeah, I’d give anything to rewind

One more year back when time was kind

Bridge

Now the house is quiet, clocks too loud

Friends are just names on phones

Life keeps movin’ like it don’t care how

You end up learnin’ to miss what’s gone

Verse 3

I drive past that old red barn

Paint peelin’ like my youth

Every scar, every broken heart

Taught me somethin’ close to truth

You don’t know you’re holdin’ gold

Till it’s slippin’ through your hands

Funny how the past keeps callin’

Like it still knows who I am

Final Chorus

Back when time was kind and slow

When love was easy, pain was small

If heaven’s real, I hope it finds

A way to feel like those days of mine

Yeah, I’ll close my eyes and try

To live again back when time was kind