Child Of The Fifties

I grew up a child of the fifties

Learned to dance to the beat of rock and roll

Television was my friend, I Love Lucy, Rin Tin Tin

Kissed my first girl when I was 10 years old

Took a turn for the worse in the sixties

Saw some real people die on TV

I learned love's hard cold facts, paid my first income tax

One small step for the man I'm gonna be

And I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had

I'll never look back in regret

The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save

'Cause it might be as close as I get

The seventies were 10 years of re-runs

News of Watergate was nothin' new

The democrats got it, we fell in love again

When Elvis died, we all knew that we could too

Now I'm facin' the most of the eighties

Old enough to run for President

It's hard to think it's me, the father of three

Oh America, I don't know where it went

And I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had

I'll never look back in regret

The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save

'Cause it might be as close as I get

The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save

'Cause it might be as close as I get