Back Then

Take me back to when The only price I had to pay For drinking piss warm beer Was all I had to fear Where the clear and present yards Made yesterday seem simple Like popping pimples and emphasizing my dimples Take me back home to Mum and Dad And the endless fun I had growing up With my pet pup That showered me with love Take me back to me at 17 evergreen Praying for a kiss Acting out for girls After school on my bike What must I have looked like Take me back to records and cassettes That cradled me to bed at night The soundtrack of my youth And my changing fashion's But most of all Take me back so I can correct my many mistakes I so dearly wish I could now replace So that the old man starring back at me in the mirror Can live out his days at peace Like back before my mistakes had taken place Take me back