Way Back in The 1960's ca 1968
I was a young man back in the 1960s.
Yes, you made your own amusements then,
For going to the pictures;
Well, the travel was hard, and I mean
We still used the wheel.
But you could sit down at your table
And eat a real food meal.
But hey, you young people, well I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.
There was one fellow singing in those days,
And he was quite good, and I mean to say that
His name was Bob Dylan, and I used to do gigs too
Before I made my first million.
That was way, way back before,
before wild World War Three,
When England went missing,
And we moved to Paraguayee.
But hey, you young people, I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.
Well, I got a secret, and don't give us away.
I got some real food tins for my 91st birthday,
And your grandmother bought them
Way down in the new antique food store,
And for beans and for bacon, I will open up my door.
But hey, you young people, well I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.
Well, I was a young man back in the 1960s.
1 comment:
1967, possibly '68 (if you can remember everything you weren't really there!), before my move to Arizona, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco. Incredible String Band. I think they might have followed Big Brother and the Holding Company, or perhaps that was a different gig... the place was positively charged with energy. They sang A Very Cellular Song. I was there, live and in blazing color... when they got to the end of the song, the mantra-like refrain just picked up the entire audience and took us... somewhere very powerful, and very beautiful. It was one of the most intense feelings of mass consciousness I have ever had. When I first heard Bill sign off playing that song, it took me right back to that same place of power, that same awareness of the strength we have together. Thanks for posting this - Incredible String Band "rulez."
:~)
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