66 still a narrow two lane highway
well.
Harry Truman
was the man who ran the show.
That bad career war was just beginning.
And I was just three years too young to go.
Country music hadn't gone to New York City
yet.
And the serviceman was proud of what he'd done.
And left the crowded effigy bars.
That's the way it was in 51.
There's so much about the good old days I love to tell.
There's folks around I know still remember oh well.
We're slow dancing close together.
We're in a ballet playing.
There's a thing called rock and roll.
Yeah, it's a cow.
Waiting for a drive in a restaurant called Ohio.
That's the way it was in 51.
There's so much about the good old days I love to tell.
And there's folks around I know still remember well.
We're slow dancing close together.
We're in a ballet playing.
There's a thing called rock and roll.
Yeah, it's a cow.
Big year for a drive in a restaurant called Ohio.
Hey,
that's the way it was in 51.
Hey, Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox.
Hey, that's the way it was in 51.