Lyrics

[Verse 1] Quarter in a payphone, dryin' laundry on the line Watchin' Sun Tea in the window, pocket watch tellin' time Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette Record the country countdown 'cause I couldn't buy it yet [Verse 2] If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy an Easter dress We'd take along a Rand McNally, stand in line to pay for gas God knows that shiftin' gears ain't what it used to be I learned to drive that '55 just like a queen, three on a tree [Chorus] Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn Doin' it all by hand 'Cause when everything is handed to you It's only worth as much as the time you put in It all just seemed so good the way we had it Back before everything became automatic [Verse 2] If you had something to say, you'd write it on a piece of paper Then you'd put a stamp on it, and they'd get it three days later Boys would call the girls, and girls would turn them down Stayin' married was the only way to work your problems out [Chorus] Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn Doin' it all by hand 'Cause when everything is handed to you It's only worth as much as the time you put in It all just seemed so good the way we had it Back before everything became automatic, yeah [Post-Chorus] Automatic [Bridge] Let's roll the windows down Windows with the cranks Come on, let's take a picture The kind you gotta shake [Chorus] Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn Doin' it all by hand 'Cause when everything is handed to you It's only worth as much as the time you put in It all just seemed so good the way we had it Back before everything became automatic, yeah [Outro] Automatic