South Philly from Collage by Flashshockley

We were sixteen wild and free
Playing outside4 on Wharton Street
Bobby, Butter ,Skeeter and me
Growing up in South Philly
We weren't rich but we weren't poor
Eating Hoagies from Melino's store
Chasing girls playing basketball
Growing up in South Philly

It was the summer of 69
We just got out of school
Playing under the summer sun
We made our own rules

I was the first to leave
those South Philly streets
I enlisted and was sent to Viet Nam

Skeeter found the life
and paid the ultimate price
Suddenly one day he was gone
Bobby and his high school sweetheart
Got married and raised a family

Butter went to college
Got a job and moved to DC

Chorus
Can we go back in time
when we were young and wild and free
Can we go back in time
Bobby, Butter , Skeeter and me
Can we go back in time
and make it like it used to be

Viet Nam changed me
I was broken and torn apart
It took the love of my best friends
To keep me from turning dark

They helped to find the music
That was trapped inside my soul
The man I am today
is because they refused to let me go

Life made us drift apart
It got in the way
But South Philly will always have my heart
Til my dying day



Chorus
Can we go back in time
when we were young and wild and free
Can we go back in time
Bobby, Butter , Skeeter and me
Can we go back in time
and make it like it used to be

repeat and fade

• R&B
• R&B/Soul
• Soul
• Houston