| «There's a black girl singin' in the morning before church | 
| cause she wants things just right | 
| There’s a white boy holdin' his head | 
| cause he stayed out too late last night | 
| At the same time Mamma’s yellin' | 
| move your asses or I’ll leave you behind | 
| The god lord don’t wait for sinners all day | 
| especially sinners of your kind. | 
| CHORUS: | 
| The old days | 
| The old ways of the drive-in picture show. | 
| It’s a fact, if it was opened baby, you and me, we’d surely go. | 
| The picture rolls by, soundtrack low, but we don’t see a thing. | 
| Feel around in the middle of your popcorn box, | 
| at the bottom is a diamond ring. | 
| (yes) | 
| I love you, could you, hold me tight, | 
| like we’re pretending it ain’t about black or white. | 
| Sun burns hot early in the morning | 
| small town, best hush my mouth. | 
| We’ve all got closets that we live in. | 
| Down at Baker’s house | 
| the right fun with the wrong one | 
| that’s things we don’t talk about. | 
| Hell always seems to rise to the surface | 
| on that you can count. | 
| CHORUS: | 
| The old days | 
| The old ways of the drive-in picture show | 
| It’s a fact, if it was opened baby, you and me, we’d surely go | 
| the picture rolls by, soundtrack low, but we don’t see a thing. | 
| Feel around in the middle of your popcorn box, | 
| at the bottom is a diamond ring. | 
| (yes) | 
| I love you, could you, hold me tight, | 
| like we’re pretending it ain’t about black or white. | 
| Young man makes a young man’s stand, | 
| tries to stand up tall. | 
| Old man from the same clan | 
| bangs his head against the wall. | 
| Life’s rough, it just get’s tougher | 
| but that ain’t no thing, it’s always one thing | 
| or another, let me tell you brother… | 
| Shut your mouth boy and sing. | 
| CHORUS: | 
| The old days | 
| The old ways of the drive-in picture show | 
| It’s a fact, if it was opened baby, you and me, we’d surely go | 
| the picture rolls by, soundtrack low, but we don’t see a thing. | 
| Feel around in the middle of your popcorn box, | 
| at the bottom is a diamond ring. | 
| (yes) | 
| I love you, could you, hold me tight, | 
| like we’re pretending it ain’t about black or white. | 
| I love you, could you, hold me tight, | 
| like we’re pretending it ain’t about black or white." |