Mosquitos used to die in the winter
Now they bite the whole damn year
It's the fifteenth of November
And it's eighty-five degrees down here
Don't know where we went wrong
But I'm certain that wrong we went
Don't get excited when payday come
The money's already spent
Close my eyes and picture salad days
Still green to the world's cruel ways
There's a picnic in the park
And Momma watchin' us run
There's laughter and ice cream meltin'
'Neath a surely cooler Sun
There's solace knowin' I can always
Close my eyes and picture salad days
Used to see good in everything
Now there seems less good to see
Mister, you know it's them against us
It's never been you versus me
I'm workin' hard and makin' more
It's buyin' less than it did before
Now the picnic table's empty
And we're runnin' out of shade
Close my eyes and picture salad days
Still green to the world's cruel ways
There's a picnic in the park
And Momma watchin' us run
There's laughter and ice cream meltin'
'Neath a surely cooler Sun
There's solace knowin' I can always
Close my eyes and picture salad days
