Tune In, Drop Out

Re-live the nineteen-sixties? Don't! We all 
imagine mop-tops, surf, free love and sun, 
conveniently forgetting Watts, De Gaulle, 
the Tet Offensive, Audrey Hepburn's nun. 

Imagine! Mop-tops, surf, free love - and sun! 
Transistor radios, Italian suits! 
The Tet Offensive? Audrey Hepburn? None 
of those can overshadow kinky boots! 

Transistor radios. Italian suits 
the spirit of the age - la dolce vita! 
No woes can overshadow kinky boots, 
The Fugitive, short skirts, the parking meter! 

The spirit of the age! La dolce vita! 
Your Normal Joe thinks former times were "swell": 
The Fugitive, short skirts, the parking meter! 
To get to know Uhura, really well! 

Your Normal Joe thinks former times were "swell". 
He wants to join the Enterprise's crew, 
to get to know Uhura really well, 
and satisfy that inner yearning, too. 

He wants to join the Enterprise's crew, 
conveniently forgetting Watts, De Gaulle, 
and satisfy that inner yearning to 
re-live the nineteen-sixties. Don't we all?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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