Hey, wasn't that us?

> >>>A little house with three bedrooms, one bathroom and one car on the
> >>>street.
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> >>>Amower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.
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> >>>In the kitchen on the wall we only had one phone,
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> >>>And no need for recording things, someone was always home.
> >>>We only had a living room where we would congregate,
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> >>>Unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate.
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> >>>We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine,
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> >>>When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine.
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> >>>We only had one TV set, and channels maybe two,
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> >>>But always there was one of them with something worth the view.
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> >>>For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip,
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> >>>And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip.
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> >>>Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked to cook,
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> >>>And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker's book.
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> >>>Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play,
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> >>>We all did things together -- even go to church to pray.
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> >>>When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather,
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> >>>No one stayed at home because we liked to be together.
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> >>>Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own,
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> >>>But we knew where the others were without our own cell phone.
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> >>>Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star,
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> >>>And nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.
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> >>>Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season,
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> >>>Pack a lunch and find some trees and never need a reason.
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> >>>Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know,
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> >>>Have real action playing ball -- and no game video.
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> >>>Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend,
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> >>>And didn't need insurance or a lawyer to defend?
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> >>>The way that he took care of you or what he had to do,
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> >>>Because he took an oath and strived to do the best for you.
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> >>>Remember going to the store and shopping casually,
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> >>>And when you went to pay for it you used your own money?
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> >>>Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount,
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> >>>Remember when the cashier person had to really count?
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> >>>The milkman used to go from door to door,
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> >>>And it was just a few cents more than going to the store.
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> >>>There was a time when mailed letters came right to your door,
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> >>>Without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every store.
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> >>>The mailman knew each house by name and knew where it was sent;
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> >>>There were not loads of mail addressed to "present occupant."
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> >>>There was a time when just one glance was all that it would take,
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> >>>And you would know the kind of car, the model and the make.
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> >>>They didn't look like turtles trying to squeeze out every mile;
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> >>>They were streamlined, white walls, fins, and really had some style.
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> >>>One time the music that you played whenever you would jive,
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> >>>Was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.
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> >>>The record player had a post to keep them all in line,
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> >>>And then the records would drop down and play one at a time.
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> >>>Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today,
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> >>>And always we were striving, trying for a better way.
> >>>Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun,
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> >>>How can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?
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> >>>And why would boys put baseball cards between bicycle spokes,
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> >>>And for a nickel red machines had little bottled Cokes?
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> >>>This life seemed so much easier and slower in some ways,
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> >>>I love the new technology but I sure miss those days.
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> >>>So time moves on and so do we, and nothing stays the same,
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> >>>But I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane.