Back in the old days

When we were young we played outside
There was no mobile phone
I used to walk ages to the telephone kiosk and I did this on my own

There wasn’t any computers,
Only pen & paper at our schools
But we still managed to learn alot
We certainly are no fools

We had to amuse ourselves
not like the children of today
Parents listen to their young
alot more now I have to say

Maybes that is a good thing tho,
We were just left to go out allday
You couldn’t get in the road of your parents in any way

It was ‘Speak if you are spoken to’
& All your elders were respected
But kids today they have no fear,
This respect is not reflected

Toys were so different then 
Its lots of hand-held gadgets today
I recall playing with elastic bands
Must have cost very little for us to play

Our era had no dangers,
The world was a safer place
which meant we could go out ourselves
We had unlimited space

I hear myself saying all the things my parents said to me
Like “ Eeh our world was better when we were young, it was a nicer spot to be”

They say history repeats itself
I don’t believe thats true
The world has become more technical 
It is very computerised too

Nothing stays the same for long
Technology is growing fast,
Though things they made  in the old days
Well they were made to last