I Remember Simple Times

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By quietnessandtrust

Simple times

I remember these days.
I remember these days.
The .18 cent hot dog.
The .18 cent hot dog.

Remember The Simple Times

I remember

I remember I was just a little boy

A hot dog 18 cents

Goin’ there with my daddy

And it didn’t matter

Didn’t come with a toy

I’d just as soon play with the bag

My dad there be’ in my friend

And I remember hot dog just 18 cents

He sat me down told me bout be’ in a man


And I remember gasoline just a quarter

Man would come out smile on his face

He was there to serve you he was full of grace

And I remember a simple time

A time when people cared

A time when people cared

A time when people cared


And I remember people were forgiving

I remember an ice cream cone was just 5 cents

Triple scoop was 15

And I remember a goin there with my daddy

He’s just there be’ in my friend

He sat me down told me bout be’ in a man


Let us not now speak falsely to each other

Let us not now sister and my brother

Speak falsely to one another

My sister and my brother


Cause I remember a hot dog 18 cents

And I remember gasoline just a quarter

And out came a man smile on his face

He was there just to show us

His loving kindness saving grace


N’ I remember nobody had to be in front

N’ I remember you just gave away your life

N’ I remember it was no big deal

Not to think of yourself was really very real


And I remember Oh I remember

A hot dog 18 cents gasoline just a quarter

Smile on the face of a man

He was there to serve you

Let us remember Oh let us remember

Let us remember now, Oh let us remember


Let us remember what our life is really for

Oh let us remember how we can be restored

Oh let us remember let us remember

Let us remember


Oh let us remember hot dog 18 cents

Ice cream cone just 5

Man a smile on his face

Gasoline a quarter

Everybody was full of grace


Oh let us remember

Everybody was full of grace

O let us remember

Everybody was full of grace

Man with a smile

Full of saving grace


Oh let us remember

Let us remember

Oh let us remember

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jim10 2 years ago

Great poem of nice memories. I only remember when gas was a dollar. But, it was full serve though that just means someone else pumped. Today you get less and pay more. Oh I also remember when a half gallon of ice cream at the grocery store was actually a half gallon of ice cream. Today many are 48 oz. when a half gallon is physically 64 oz. but, they are the same price.

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

thanks for the comments man....yes, i recall a small bag of chips had no air inside either....hahahahaha :-)

Carla 2 years ago

And I remember going to the movie....movie, a coke, a bag of buttered pop corn, all for a quarter. Gas was 17 cents a gal. and a dish of soft serve ice cream was 5 cents. Another world then....and it has been changing ever since and in the last 4 months has changed faster than the last 10 years. We will never know it again as it was. We can't go back.

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

did they have dirt back then?

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Duchess OBlunt Level 4 Commenter 2 years ago

Love the poem (or was that a song?). It brings back memories. We'd go to the local ball game and scramble to collect all the foul balls and bring that back. We got a nickel each and by the end of the game, usually had enough to visit the Dairy Queen and get the largest soft ice cream dipped in chocolate. Yumm.

Thanks for sharing

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

Thanks Duchess OBlunt for stopping by!!!

Yeah it is a song too.

We all went to Dairy Queen too and got banana splits for like .35 cents ?

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tantrum 2 years ago

So 18c a hot dog, and 5 c an ice cream cone. How old are you, man ?LOL

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

48...for right this moment.

But I look 25 and still get asked for ID !!! LOL!!!

Thanks for reading....yeah life was great then....people were real !!!

~Shalom~

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tantrum 2 years ago

they still are...some .lol. I'm real, even I only have one I borrowed from M.M. lol

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

I know you are real man.

A real pain in my nalgas....LOL

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tantrum 2 years ago

LOLLOLOLOLOLLL You're lucky I'm not your enemy lol !!

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

Yeah....and the same goes for you if I am not controlling my spirit LOL

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hotspur 2 years ago

Don't rememebr any of this (wrong country) but loved the rhythm and the sentiment, half way through I was wondering if I was reading song lyrics(?) Thanks for poem enjoyed it!

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quietnessandtrust Hub Author 2 years ago

Yes they are fond memories and song lyrics came out of them.

Thanks for stopping by and reading. =D

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