Amos Carter's latest is actually a reworking of a Tugboat Jackson song Good Ol' Days. Carter talked to Tugboat, told him the changes he wanted to make, and Tugboat told him that he had changed so much of the song that it was okay to take credit for it himself. Amos opted to change the title to help differentiate between the two songs, added the question mark to convey the theme of the song. Amos puts a whole different spin on the music as well, as he adds a boogie woogie beat to it, speeds it up considerably as well. The song also uses a larger ensemble than his usual small combo. Some good solo work, and of course Amos lays down a solid bass with his slap bass playing of the bass fiddle.
I hear a lot of people my age
People in their senior years
Talk about The Good Ol' Days
They wish to turn back the years
The Good Ol' days are now
No matter how bad it seems
To want to go back many years
Is just a convoluted dream
One thing I know for sure
Memory can be a fickle thing
What I thought was so good
Was really not a good thing
It's hard to 'member all of that
Back to when you wasn't so fat
When food and beer tasted better
Before your taste buds gone flat!
The Good Ol' days are now
No matter how bad it seems
To want to go back many years
Is just a convoluted dream
Humans are a sentimental lot
There's bound to be talk of the past
It can be fun to reminisce 'bout years ago
Before so many you know had past
The Good Ol' days are now
No matter how bad it seems
To want to go back many years
Is just a convoluted dream
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