Kristin Lems - The Fifties Sound Lyrics
They say the fifties are comin again!Get out my bobby socks and run to the gym!The fifties band has got them out on the floor -Hey wait! I been through this nightmare before!Those olden days were not so golden you knowGirls who got in trouble, they had nowhere to goCouldn't take their lives into their own handsSpent their time a swoonin over rock n roll bandsIn those days colored people knew their placeDidn't try to barge into the human raceBut Elvis and the others picked up all their cuesAnd made a million dollars singing white boy bluesWhoa Whoa - whoa whoa whoa whoa whoaThey're dancing to what oppressed us 20 years ago.Girls wore thick makeup, boys wore thick greaseIf you didn't have a steady, you were never at eastSwearin and sex, they were mortal sins -Why the hell you think we brought the sixties in?Everybody looked and thought and talked the sameAnd learned all of the details of the dating gameBoys, they were lettermen or else they were queerIf they were small or shy they lived in constant fearchorusThink of all the folks who miss the fifties soundThe millionaires whose profits have been going downFor the ku klux klan, those were the good ole' daysAnd back then, women really knew their placeAdministrators missed the days when students obeyedDidn't meddle in the world the grownups had madeThe Pentagon's nostalgic for the days of yoreWhen every kid would rush to join their latest war!So all you kids soakin up the sceneSorry to break in on your American dreamBut we lived through it and it ain't no fun:No one's gonna take back what we won!ChorusTeen angel, teen angel, rest in pieces!words and music by Kristin Lems c MCMLXXXIII Kleine Ding Music (BMI
