Back When the World Had Soul

Verse 1

Mama played that 45 till the grooves went grey

Told me every crackle told a story

Daddy worked the line from dawn till late

Came home humming something for the glory

Pre-Chorus

Oh, the records spun like seasons on that old hi-fi

Every note a chapter passing by

Chorus

Back when the world had soul

You could feel it in your bones

A song wasn't just something you heard

It was something that you owned

Back when the world had soul

Verse 2

Neighbors on the porch with a radio

Singing 'bout the things they never said

A melody could carry you back home

Long after the final words were said

Pre-Chorus

Now I'm chasing that same feeling in a different time

Trying to find a rhythm that won't lie

Chorus

Back when the world had soul

You could feel it in your bones

A song wasn't just something you heard

It was something that you owned

Back when the world had soul

Bridge

The needle drops and I'm a child again

Hearing Marvin through the afternoon

Every verse a photograph I kept

Wishing we still sang like that too soon

Chorus

Back when the world had soul

You could feel it in your bones

A song wasn't just something you heard

It was something that you owned

Back when the world had soul