Ladies and gentlemen All the way from Orlando, Florida From Backstreet Boy to time traveler Please welcome to the stage The remarkably unbelievable Howie D Howie do Howie do Howie do Howie do I'm gonna tell you a story about when I was little Gonna start from the beginning not in the middle Gonna take you on a trip back in time Don't need a rocket or a teletransporter Just imagine me about two feet shorter Way back when I was nine Back in the day Back in the day I played with Legos, wore my Star Wars shirt Kicked it on Atari instead of playing in the dirt Frogger, Pac Man, Tetris all day long I went to school like any other kid I looked a little different than the other kids did But I'll save that story for another song Back in the day Back in the day Picture this, I'm gonna set the scene 'Cause I'm really going back if you know what I mean Back to nineteen eighty three One brother, three sisters, two parents and me My mom was Puerto Rican, my dad an Irish cop The only mixed family on the block So now I'm here to tell you true The real life story of how Howie do Back in the day Back in the day Back in the day Back in the day Back in the day Back in the day Howie do Howie do Howie do Howie do Howie do