Can you remember walking down the street knowing everyone you meet
Everyone knew your name and your folks names and where you lived
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If you misbehaved at school you were punished
When you got home your were punished again
Teachers were always respected and obeyed
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Going into the corner drugstore for a fountain coke or banana split
Sitting at the counter laughing and talking with your friends
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A time when girls only wore dresses to school
With big full skirts or straight skirts that made your waist look so small
Boys wore blue jeans and shirts with button down collars
with penny loafer or white buck shoes
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Your telephone was on a party line
Nothing was ever private - someone was always ease dropping
on your conversation or you were on theirs
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Going to the drive inn picture show
The windows were rolled down in the summer
The speakers was on a stand outside the car
Mosquitoes and bugs had freedom to come to the movies too
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Playing spin the bottle at parties
Going walking outside with the one it landed on
Looking up at the night sky and being kissed in the moonlight
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The first time you fell in love
How you couldn't eat or sleep without thinking of him
till the next week when you fell in love again
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A time of innocense
A time of being safe wherever you were
Unaware of the evils that was in the world
A time of peace for all
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Can you remember
If you can you have your special memories too
Was life better then or is it just that we remember only the good times