Didn’t you used to be a friend of the family
Way back in California out on the coast in ’73
Your father smoked a pipe
Your older brother beat his wife
Until she threw the kids in the back of the truck
And headed out into the night
Ah but you still look the same
Although I can’t quite recall your name
But you had a cat you called Aerosmith
He used to talk with us when we’d sit
Up on the roof top in the sun
Drinking warm beer and singing songs
We didn’t know all the words
So we made them up as we went along
Time goes by like a race horse runnin’
Time goes by like a race horse runnin’
Running around and around and around the track
Time goes by like a race horse runnin’
Open up the gate and she takes off runnin’
Time goes by but it always comes back
In the summers of my youth I still remember the times
We would borrow the car we’d head out into the night
Had nowhere to go had nothing to do
Well we’d head out about nine and pick up my brother Joe
Washing down the mats behind the back door
Of a restaurant and we’d all laugh at his uniform
Joe’d sneak us out some beer in an old garbage sack
Back in the car we’d head down to the local high school track
Jump over the fence and find a spot to drink
And throw our empty bottles down upon the football field
Time goes by like a race horse runnin’
Time goes by like a race horse runnin’
Running around and around and around the track
Time goes by like a race horse runnin’
Open up the gate and she takes off runnin’
Time goes by but it always comes back
