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GEST Songs Of Newfoundland And Labrador
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Well, a dollar was a dollar way back then,
A handshake was a bond between two friends;
And drugs were somethin' doctors used just to cure the sick,
That's the way things looked in fifty-six.
And Mama, bless her soul, was still alive,
Television didn't rule the family life;
And no one ever heard of AIDS or teenage sex,
That's the way things looked in fifty-six.
Hey, and rock 'n' roll was new and satan-free,
And I was just a country boy with country dreams;
Walking home from school, holding hands with young Beatrice Keats,
That's the way things looked in fifty-six.
And no one ever knew of acid rain,
You either road a pickup or a train;
And you went to church on Sunday just for God and not for sex,
That's the way things looked in fifty-six.
Old Hank was my hero and still is,
Mama bought my first guitar because of him;
Hey, and Luther played a strange guitar but he taught me how to pick,
That's the way things looked in fifty-six.
Yes, and rock 'n' roll was new and satan-free,
And I was just a country boy with country dreams;
Walking home from school, holding hands with young Beatrice Keats,
Hey, that's the way things looked in fifty-six.
That's the way things looked in fifty-six.