“Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)” is a song written by Jamie O’Hara, and recorded by the American country music duo, The Judds. It was released in January 1986 as the second single from the album Rockin’ with the Rhythm. The song was their sixth No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

From the album Rockin’ with the Rhythm
Released January 1986
Recorded 1985
Genre Country
Length 4:15
Label RCA Nashville/Curb
Songwriter(s) Jamie O’Hara
Producer(s) Brent Maher

The Judds – Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) lyrics

Grandpa
Tell me ’bout the good old days
Sometimes it feels like
This world’s gone crazy
Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
Where the line between right and wrong
Didn’t seem so hazy

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
Stand beside each other come what may
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away
Whoa oh Grandpa
Tell me ’bout the good old days

[musical interlude]

Grandpa
Everything is changing fast
We call it progress
But I just don’t know
And Grandpa, let’s wander back into the past
And paint me a picture of long ago

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
Stand beside each other come what may
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say and then forget
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away
Whoa oh Grandpa
Tell me ’bout the good old days

Whoa oh Grandpa
Tell me ’bout the good ole days

[Musical interlude]
[Humming]