From the recording Behold the Invisible Man - 2017 Album Release
Lyrics
Time machines and magazines take me back to where I used to be
Won’t you come with me
The hits on AM radio; Rock ‘n roll and black and white TV
And it was free
Walking to the candy store; Pixie sticks and bubble gum cigars
And nickel Hershey bars
Stickball in the street; Imagination up against the wall
With a Spaldeen ball
All the sights and sounds – They’re coming back to me
Making all the rounds – Thru ancient history
Going back to innocence again
To people, places, things from way back when
Hoola Hoops and TinkerToys; Captain Kangeroo was in his prime
We’re going back in time
Khrushchev and the Kennedy’s; Viet Nam and Martin Luther King
Oh what the times would bring
Twenty five cent gasoline; Seatbelts just an option you could buy
How did we survive
The milkman came at five A.M.; And Mr. Chips brought pretzels in a can
Then came the soda man
Life was so much simpler back then
Technology was paper and a pen
Cars were hot and war was cold; The age of fifty seemed so old
There’ll never be a time like that again
Record players, forty fives; Dial phones and roller skates with keys
How I skinned my knees
Pitching pennies, flipping cards, training wheels and candy cigarettes
I’ve no regrets
© Copyright 2017 Wayne Merdinger