I woke up feeling the sunshine drift across my face It took me back to emotions from another time and place Those yesterdays, cruisin' in my Chevrolet I held my baby in my arms But my first love was always those songs I'm talkin' about Those old days, talkin' about those sweet, old days I crawled out of bed real slowly, threw on some old blue jeans I found my favorite T-shirt and started rollin' up my sleeves Like James Dean, thinkin' I was still nineteen I walked outside and looked around My heart was pumpin' when I found it was gonna be a soul day A laid-back, sunny, sweet summer soul day I think I'll take my baby for a ride down the back road Out in the country where the summer winds blow Over by the river is a barbecue shack Otis on the jukebox, you know I like it like that Soul days, dancin' with my baby, swayin' to the sweet soul days And when the sun goes down and we're on the road again Those white lines runnin' down the highway Slowly reelin' us in with the radio on Swingin' to the sweet soul songs And the music's playin' through the night Takin' us back when everything was alright Soul days, talkin' about those sweet summer soul days I'm talkin' about soul days I'm goin' back to the sweet summer soul days The new soul days I wanna hear some Wilson Pickett And some Joe Tex I wanna hear some Sam and Dave Hey Sam, I wanna hear some Aretha And some soulful Sam Cooke I wanna hear some Arthur Conley