Mom And Pop Stores

In the old days on al-most eve-ry block,
There'd be a small busi-ness shop.
They were all kept clean, some had a small sign on top.
These stores were proud-ly run by a Mom and Pop.
 
Mom and Pop stores, can't be found an-y more.
They've be-come more like folk-lore.
I re-mem-ber times, I thought they were fam-i-ly.
I like to think of them as they used to be.
 
I'd like to go back to the old days a-gain.
Things were much sim-plier then.
 
If I could go back to the past, I'd make them last.
But the die is cast.
To some the fu-ture al-ways looks bright.
But man-y good things are lost in the night.
 
I'd like to go back to the old days a-gain.
Things were much sim-plier then.
 
Mom and Pop stores have gone so long a-go.
My thoughts of those times die slow.
I don't think I can for-get those times spent with them.
Those mem-ories are like hav-ing a price-less gem.
 
I'd like to go back to the old days a-gain.
Things were much sim-plier then.

Copyright 2000 By: Arnold Shulman/Glenn Smith
(All rights reserved)