Hit Parade

I was thinking back to better days When you could sing along to the songs they played We’d all tune in on Friday night To see when Lucky Strike brought you the Hit Parade Cindy Oh Cindy and Chances Are Perry’s song Catch a Falling Star Striped shirts on the dancers for Jailhouse Rockin’ And a touch of blues with the song I’m Walkin’ Pat sang about an April Shower So please come down from your Ivory Tower Instead of wondering what’s behind the green door I took a trip with Duane Eddy on a Detour I heard someone say Please Love me Forever And a song about the Twelfth of Never Then Buddy sang That’ll be the Day All the way to Hernando’s Hideaway I remember Kenny Chandler singing Heart And Johnny’s Cry could make your teardrops start Harry sang Daylight come and a bunch of banana Paul was singing to his girl Diana Sixteen Tons was a song about coal The words to Padre touched my soul And Fats was singing he found his thrill On Blueberry, not Mocking Bird Hill Wish we could return to way back then Listen to the Kalin Twins singing When Songs like Marianne and Nickelodeon’s tune After I bought you the rainbow, I’ll buy you the moon If only we could be two Silhouettes on the Shade Just listening to music on the Hit Parade.