Go outside after breakfast Come back for lunch at noon. Come inside at suppertime And even then, it was too soon. Never permitted to be late We ate dinner at six each day Eat every bite on our plate. About the menu we had no say.
We had baking soda submarines Popular Mechanics magazines And that was technology back then. Decoder rings and roller skate keys Shooting marbles on our knees And playing crooks and G-men.
Those days we had three channels On all black and white televisions. Just the same thirteen inch boxes; Nothing like 3D or Panavision. Loved Uncle Miltie and Lucille Ball And considered Korla Pandit a waste, But we must be forgiven because Back then, no one had much taste.
We could spell Kula, Fran and Ollie, Said words like “gosh”, and “by golly” And were anxious to see flying cars. Many movies were in Technicolor But you always had to take your brother And he didn’t recognize the stars.
After school we played sandlot ball Saturday were TV cartoon shows; Dancing trees with belly buttons And a local clown with a red nose. We joined Cubs and Boy Scouts Had lemonade stands by the street, Matchbooks in bicycle stokes And used bottle cap taps for our feet.
It seemed like days were longer then And summer was slow to come again. Those were the days when we had fun. We built our forts and hooked up swings Kids did all crazy kinds of things Before these modern times had begun.