The 1960's

In the 1960's the winds of change were blowing As a generation came into its own A feeling of revolution was growing The seeds had already been sown It was a time of hope and tears Of the good the bad and the ugly Of spaghetti westerns so aptly named Make love not war protests proclaimed But the war raged on just the same The Barbie doll was introduced And Beatlemania was set loose Platform shoes were riding high Mini skirts showed off thighs Neil Armstrong walked on the moon "This Magic Moment" was a hit tune Everyone was doing the twist To rhythms they couldn't resist John Kennedy was the new president, And planned to change the status quo But on a fateful day in 1963 An assassin's bullet found its mark And left a nation in the dark Dr King and Robert Kennedy met the same fate They were both killed in 1968 By the end of the decade we were left with a sad song "Has anybody here seen our good friends Martin, Robert, and John They stood for freedom and justice But we just looked around ....and they were gone"