An ode to times long gone. For "older folks" only =
– (Under 60, you 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 tune=
d
You got Rob and Laura – or Ward and Jun=
e.
It felt so good, felt so right. =
Life looked better in black and white.
I Lov=
e Lucy, The Real McCoys
Dennis the Menace=
, the Cleaver boys
Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wag=
on Train
Superman, Jimmy & Lois Lane.=
Father Knows Best, Patty Duke
Rin Tin T=
in 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 al=
ways 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 sle=
pt.
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 tr=
ade all the channels on the satellite
If I could just turn back the clo=
ck tonight
To when everybody knew=
wrong from right
Life was better in black and white! =
~~
Dr. Bob Griffin
[email protected]=
www.grif.net
“1 cross + 3 nails =3D 4 g=
iven”
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