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It reminds of being a kid
of playing football in the rain
slamming our brakes to skid
transforming a fort into a plane

playing hide and seek at night
dressed head to toe in black
with broomstick swords we'd fight
a trash-can lid to fend off attack

swimming in the neighbor's pool
even when they were not home
running on the rooftops at school
putting pads over my bike's chrome

Farmer's Pond and the homemade raft,
chopping through bamboo on the bank
not a seaworthy craft
it immediately sank

selling cheap popcorn in the street
doing anything to get paid
making it too salty to even eat
and charging more for the lemonade

surfing down the canyon walls
atop an ironing board
laughing at each other's falls
seeking lost pets for rewards

wrestling at the park
one on one or in teams
braving sewer tunnels in the dark
scaring each other with screams

climbing anything we could
regardless of how high
I tell you times were good
and now you know some reasons why

Description
It reminds of being a kid
of playing football in the rain
slamming our brakes to skid
transforming a fort into a plane

playing hide and seek at night
dressed head to toe in black
with broomstick swords we'd fight
a trash-can lid to fend off attack

swimming in the neighbor's pool
even when they were not home
running on the rooftops at school
putting pads over my bike's chrome

Farmer's Pond and the homemade raft,
chopping through bamboo on the bank
not a seaworthy craft
it immediately sank

selling cheap popcorn in the street
doing anything to get paid
making it too salty to even eat
and charging more for the lemonade

surfing down the canyon walls
atop an ironing board
laughing at each other's falls
seeking lost pets for rewards

wrestling at the park
one on one or in teams
braving sewer tunnels in the dark
scaring each other with screams

climbing anything we could
regardless of how high
I tell you times were good
and now you know some reasons why