Eighth Grade

1960 and the world was changing A time for living and rearranging Baseball in the school yard with a sponge ball and a fist Donnie Brooks sang Mission Bell and Chubby did The Twist Bobbie sox and ponytails, school dances were so much fun Johnny Preston’s Running Bear. I loved the theme from Peter Gunn A young senator from Boston was in the presidential race Marty sang El Paso and there was a theme from A Summer Place Mr. Custer and Alley Oop were fun songs to listen to While Elvis said It’s Now or Never and also Stuck on You Ford came out with the Edsel. Remember the unsinkable Molly Brown. Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool even Cathy’s Clown We had air raid warnings and marbles in our pockets Movies in the park and Cape Canaveral shooting rockets Gable and Monroe in the Misfits, Perry Mason on TV And the Drifters were singing Save the Last Dance for Me. There was a draft to serve our country and we were always ready A time for holding hands and a time for going steady Kirk Douglas was Spartacus and Burt was Elmer Gantry Pies were made from scratch and there were apples in the pantry Larry Hall sang Sandy and Bobby Rydell wailed Wild One O Dio Mio From Annette. She and Frankie had so much fun Lonely Blue Boy by Conway Twitty and Bobby’s Beyond the Sea Duane twanged Because they’re Young and the Everly’s Let it be Me Those days are precious memories that I hope will never fade The world was so much kinder then and I was in eighth grade.