[An ode to =
times long gone. For "older folks" only – under 65 may not =
understand]
You could =
hardly see for all the snow,
Spread the rabbit ears as far as they =
go.
Pull a chair =
up to the TV set,
Good night, =
David; Good night, Chet
Depending on =
the channel you tuned
You got Rob =
and Laura – or Ward and June.
It felt so =
good, felt so right.
Life looked =
better in black and white.
I Love Lucy, =
The Real McCoy’s
Dennis the =
Menace, the Cleaver boys
Rawhide, =
Gunsmoke, Wagon Train
Superman, =
Jimmy & Lois Lane.
Father Knows =
Best, Patty Duke
Rin Tin Tin =
and Lassie too,
Donna Reed on =
Thursday night–
Life looked =
better in black and white.
I wanna go =
back to black and white.
Everything =
always turned out right.
Simple people, =
simple lives
Good guys =
always won the fights.
Now nothing is =
the way it seems
In living =
color on the TV screen.
Too many =
murders, too much fight,
I wanna go =
back to black and white.
In God they =
trusted, in bed they slept.
A promise made =
was a promise kept.
They never =
cussed or broke their vows.
They’d never =
make the network now.
But if I =
could, I’d rather be
In a TV town =
in ’53.
It felt so =
good, felt so right
Life looked =
better in black and white.
I’d trade all =
the channels on the satellite
If I could =
just turn back the clock tonight
To when =
everybody knew wrong from right.
Life was =
better in black and white!
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"