I used to dream that one day
I would be a cowboy like Clint
Eastwood or a New York Yankee
We didn't know the things
We weren't better off that way
What happened to the wonder years?
What happened to the wonder?
Yes, I can't help but wonder
I'll always remember my first
kiss in the last day of school
And the time me and my brothers
threw my daddy in the pool
When I was a kid, oh boys, life was cool
We didn't know the things
We were better off that way
What happened to the wonder years?
What happened to the boys of summer?
What happened to the wonder?
Yes, I can't help but wonder
I was in the kitchen when she called me
She said, Daddy, come quick,
The whole world is on fire
In my favorite TV shows now
She was sittin' on the sofa
eatin' popcorn, watchin' L .A. burn
I tried to change the channel,
but it was everywhere I turned
and she cried, Daddy, why?
We didn't know the things
What happened to the boys of summer?
What happened to the wanderings?
Why'd I have to do the wonder,
Why'd I have to do the wonder, yes