My Old Neighborhood

The air was cold
 As I ride my bike to school on Monday morning
 Bag lunch in my hand
 Rain clouds are forming
 I see men with lunch pails and coffee
 Start their steel trucks and cars
 They had good union jobs
 They drank in working man's bars
 I go back in my mind
 To a simpler time
 Where I always knew just where I stood
 In my old neighborhood
 In my old neighborhood
 Mom sent me to the corner store
 For some milk and a pack of Pall Malls
 She gave me a dollar
 Said "keep the change, son, you can play some pinball"
 They had penny candy
 Some for a nickel and some for a dime
 I get one for my sister and my brother
 And you know I'm gonna get mine
 I go back in my mind
 To a simpler time
 I always knew just where I stood
 In my old neighborhood
 My old neighborhood
 Those days are gone
 Feel like I don't belong
 In the world that I live in today
 Time marches on
 But it takes me back home
 When I hear the music play
 Old man Martinez
 He ran the local hardware store
 Knew everything there was to know
 About everything in his place and a little more
 He took a lot of pride
 'Cause everything he sold was made in America
 And when it came to the price
 Man, he would always take good care of ya
 Yes he did
 I go back in my mind
 To a simpler time
 I always knew just where I stood
 The world was fine
 And the people were kind
 In my
 In my old neighborhood
 My old neighborhood
 It made me feel so good sometimes
 I'm just going back in my mind
 And I'm walking down the streets
 I know everyone that I meet
 In my old neighborhood
 Yeah, feels alright