I was a sophomore in high school
I made the team despite the coach not liking me
Joe DiMaggio weds Marilyn Monroe
Wow, was that ever a home run for Joe
I was no longer seeing snakes
Cigarette companies put on defensive
And then my Father returned
Drunk on wine kicking in the back door
This time I learned I held a shotgun pulled the trigger
Eleven Israelis slain in Beershba ambush
Dien Bien Phu falls to Communists
Bannister is second to break 4-minute mile
My father was first but the gun misfired
Boeing 707,four =engine airliner, debuts
My first job after high school I would stand with thousands
Watching the new 727 be introduced
Man who perfected zipper in 1913 dies
I had some problems with the zipper I won't discuss
British end 72 year occupation of Egypt
Still wish they would get out of Ireland
Cyprus Greeks riot; British open fire
55 Chevy hottest thing on wheels
That's a new year my friend Larry and I
Well we picked up girls in his 55 Chevy
Israel attacks in Gaza area; 42 die
You see this stuff has gone on forever
Albert Einstein died I flunked poetry class
It was not because I couldn't write poetry
I had trouble standing in class and reciting poems
We were required to memorize 500 lines and recite
My friend Jim and I took summer school
"If" By Rudyard Kipling--"Casey strikes out"
I even wrote a version of my own where he his a home run
"Roses is red, Violins play blues pass me teach and i love youz"
She knew I'd keep coming back so she passed me
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