The 50s Were Cool
The 50’s are special to me
Started High School in ‘52
Wore shrink tight jeans and cowboy boots
Long hair ducktails and sideburns too
Rock and Roll music was “the thing”
Meet your buddies with a high five
The girls started looking good to me
That’s when bop dancing came alive
Buddy Holly, Little Richard
Elvis Presley and the rest
I’d listened to them all the time
Soon Bebop music was the best
Got a job at the Trading Post
Learned to drive and got my first car
Fender skirts and a necking knob
And a muffler that sounded bazaar
Then girls suddenly caught my eye
Double dates to the drive-in movies
Smooching when parked on lover’s lane
A French kiss was something groovy
Out of college in ‘59
And from then right up to today
When I think about the 50’s
I just grin, what else can I say?
Copyright © Charles Sides | Year Posted 2012
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