First Posted: 3/20/2013
Sitting by the jukebox on a Saturday night
Girls sweaters fitting oh so tight
Each song, just a nickle a pop
Just listen to each coin drop
Cadillac cars are all the rage
Elvis had a pink one, so did Betty Paige
Hot rods, milk shakes, burgers and fries
Poodle skirts, bobby socks you showed no thighs
Roy Rogers, Sky King, Mighty Mouse and Lassie
American heroes to save the day each one was classy
Cereal commercials each box had a prize
Leather jackets each guy a wise
Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot
James Dean a rebel with a cause not
Fuzzy dice, Frankie and Annette
Dragnet, Shirley Temple, Alfred Hitchcock presents.
Ford made the Edsel, it was a complete disaster
Named after the son, it was soon put out to pasture
Flippin’ baseball cards outside the school
Pompadours and DA’s sure were cool
A fast car made you king of the strip
Mary Jane’s, candy smokes, strawberry licorice whip
Hula Hoop, Betty Boop, ice cream a double scoop
Scary movies like the Day the Earth Stood Still
The drive-in is just a dollar bill
TV dinners, Cherry Coke, chocolate malted
Dinner specials were blue plated
Tarzan, cheetah made great TV
Maureen O’Sullivan was the one for me
So much more things to remember
New school clothes for September
Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis
The Three Stooges all are still timeless
It would be nice to stay in the day
But a fiery horse with the speed of light
a cloud of dust, a hearty hi ho silver, away
Joe Ledoretti
Pittston