Sixty-six was still a narrow two-lane highway
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean war was just beginning
And I was just nine years too young to go - ALLEMANDE LEFT and
WEAVE
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
That's the way it was in fifty one
(Figure): HEAD men reach in REVERSE that FLUTTERWHEEL now
Keep that Girl and PROMENADE outside HALFWAY
LEAD to the RIGHT and then you DO SA DO her - TOUCH A QUARTER - SCOOTBACK I say
BOYS FOLD - and the Girls TURN THRU - STAR THRU and PROMENADE her home
There's
so much about the good old days I could tell
And there's folks around I know still remember well
Slow
dancin' close together when a ballad played
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come - ALLEMANDE LEFT and
WEAVE
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
It was a big year for a drive-in restaurant car hop
That's the way it was in fifty one
(Tag): It was a big year for a drive-in rest'rant car hop
Oh that's the way it was in fifty one
ORIGINAL LYRICS:
Sixty-six was still a narrow
two-lane highway
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean 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 a service man was proud of what he'd done
Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
That's the way it was in fifty one
There's
so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
And there's folks around I know still remember well
Slow dancin' close together
when a ballad played
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come
It was a big year for a drive-in restaurant car hop
That's the way it was in fifty one
There's
so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
And there's folks around I know still remember well
Yeah!
Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox
Oh Lord, That's the way it was in fifty one