1964 This Was Us

       1964 This Was Us
 
A little house with  three bedrooms,
 one  bathroom and one car on the  street.
 A  mower 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,
 And  no need for recording  things,
 someone  was always  home.

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We only had a living  room
 where  we would  congregate,
 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.
 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,
 But always there was one  of them
 with  something worth the  view.

 

For snacks we had  potato chips
 that  tasted like a  chip.
 And  if you wanted  flavor
 there  was Lipton's onion  dip.

 


Store-bought snacks  were rare because
 my  mother liked to  cook
 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.
 We  all did things together .
 

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When we did our  weekend trips
 depending  on the weather,
 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,
 but  we knew where the others  were
 without  our own cell  phone.

 

Then there were the  movies
 with  your favorite movie  star,
 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,
 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,
 have  real action playing ball  --
 and  no game video.

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Remember when the  doctor
 used  to be the family  friend,
 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,
 because  he took an oath and  strived
 to do  the best for you.

 

Remember going to the  store
 and  shopping casually,
 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,
 and  remember when the cashier  person
 had  to really count?

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The milkman used to  go
 from  door to door,
 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,
 without  a lot of junk mail  ads
 sent  out by every store.

 

The mailman knew each  house by name
 and  knew where it was  sent;
 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,
 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;
 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,
 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
 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
 and  always we were  striving,
 trying  for a better way.

 

Oh,  the simple life we  lived
 still  seems like so much  fun,
 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
 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.
 I  love the new  technology
 but I  sure do miss those days.

 

So  time moves on and so do  we
 and  nothing stays the  same,
 but I  sure love to  reminisce
 and  walk down memory  lane.
 With  all today's  technology
 we  grant that it's a  plus!
 But  it's fun to look way back and  say,
 Hey  Look, guys, THAT WAS  US!