I grew up a child of the fifties Learned to dance to the beat of rock and roll Television was my friend, I Love Lucy, Rin Tin Tin Kissed my first girl when I was 10 years old
Took a turn for the worse in the sixties Saw some real people die on TV I learned love's hard cold facts, paid my first income tax One small step for the man I'm gonna be
And I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had I'll never look back in regret The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save 'Cause it might be as close as I get
The seventies were 10 years of re-runs News of Watergate was nothin' new The democrats got it, we fell in love again When Elvis died, we all knew that we could too
Now I'm facin' the most of the eighties Old enough to run for President It's hard to think it's me, the father of three Oh America, I don't know where it went
And I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had I'll never look back in regret The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save 'Cause it might be as close as I get
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