Merle Haggard "The Way It Was In '51" |
(Merle Haggard) Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway Harry Truman was the man who ran the show The bad Korean war was just begining And I was just three years too young to go. Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet And a service man was proud of what he'd done Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox That's the way it was in fifty-one. There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell And there's folks around I know still remember well Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played 'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come It was a big year for a drive-in rest'rant carhop That's the way it was in fifty-one. --- Instrumental --- There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell And there's folks around I know still remember well Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played 'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come It was a big year for a drive-in rest'rant carhop That's the way it was in fifty-one. Yeah! Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox Oh Lord That's the way it was in fifty-one... Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |