A Different World
Bucky Covington
We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead based paint
No child proof lids no seat belts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets and still here we are, still here we are
We got daddy’s belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside, playin’ outside
Chorus
It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world
School always started the same every day
The pledge of allegiance then someone would pray
Not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed and that was all right, we turned out all right
Chorus
Bridge
No bottled water, we drank from a garden hose
And every Sunday, all the stores were closed
Chorus
Chorus
It was a different world
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Now I rather like this song, and I quite like Bucky Convington. But he was born in 1977 and I have to say, by the time he was out of diapers he certainly had more then 3 channels to watch (I remember begging my parents inthe mid-70s for cable, tho we got plenty of stations off the air. I just wanted channels without commercials) and video games. Heck, we were playing Pong and other fun games on the TV at home before he was even born. Seat belts had been mandated LONG before he was even a gleam in his daddy's eye as was the injunction against lead based paints (tho there were still lots of places that had it on the walls, mostly older building sand homes). Childproof caps have been around and mandated since at least the early 70s. I remember as a kid when they were made law.
So Bucky dear, love your music, but that song needs to be sung by someone born when I was (1961) or earlier. You are WAY too young to be singing it.
Bucky Covington
We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead based paint
No child proof lids no seat belts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets and still here we are, still here we are
We got daddy’s belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside, playin’ outside
Chorus
It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world
School always started the same every day
The pledge of allegiance then someone would pray
Not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed and that was all right, we turned out all right
Chorus
Bridge
No bottled water, we drank from a garden hose
And every Sunday, all the stores were closed
Chorus
Chorus
It was a different world
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Now I rather like this song, and I quite like Bucky Convington. But he was born in 1977 and I have to say, by the time he was out of diapers he certainly had more then 3 channels to watch (I remember begging my parents inthe mid-70s for cable, tho we got plenty of stations off the air. I just wanted channels without commercials) and video games. Heck, we were playing Pong and other fun games on the TV at home before he was even born. Seat belts had been mandated LONG before he was even a gleam in his daddy's eye as was the injunction against lead based paints (tho there were still lots of places that had it on the walls, mostly older building sand homes). Childproof caps have been around and mandated since at least the early 70s. I remember as a kid when they were made law.
So Bucky dear, love your music, but that song needs to be sung by someone born when I was (1961) or earlier. You are WAY too young to be singing it.
Comments
He did agree that perhaps all the things do not exactly match his age but it was not meant to be autographical...very few song are for sure...but I am sure each of the different elements touch different people...which was more the point. :)
Great song and Bucky sings it so well! And the music video is cool too!