If these old bones could talk they'd say we came Waco Texas
It was a different time a different kind of game
Cadillac green marblette that had aged slightly yellow
And the boxes torn and tattered but the memories still remain
Hickory smoke above and an old dog on the floor
A piece of chalk on a black slate table taught for keeping score
Old friends and stories of the places and the ones they love
Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk
The first time these bones left the box a young boy built a castle
Set em up knocked em down just to watch the kingdom fall
The first time that the boy left
Home he took those same bones with him
When he went to fight for freedom on the day his country called
Halfway round the world with dominos stored in his gear
He knew a game of 42, the friends could wash away the fear
To bring back,
Old friends and stories of the places and the ones they love
Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk
Next to a picture full of uniforms in the center of a mantle
A young boy asked his father, daddy what's inside this box
He said now these are dominos my son and its time for you to have them
Feel free to build a castle with your brand new building blocks
There may not be instructions that can tell you how to play
But if these old bones could talk I can tell what theyd say
About old friends and stories of the places and the ones they love
Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk
They'd tell old friends and stories
Of the places and the ones they love
Oh the secrets they'd unlock if these old bones could talk
If these old bones could talk they'd say we came Waco Texas
And though the players may be different the game remains the same