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