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For older folks only - (Under 40? You won't understand.)

You could hardly see for all the snow,
Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.

Pull a chair up to the TV set,
"Good night, David; Good night, Chet."

Dependin' on the channel you tuned
You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June.

It felt so good, felt so right.
Life looked better in black and white.

I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys
Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys
Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train
Superman, Jimmy & Lois Lane.

Father Knows Best, Patty Duke
Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too,
Donna Reed on Thursday night--
Life looked better in black and white.

I wanna go back to black and white.
Everything always turned out right.
Simple people, simple lives
Good guys always won the fights.

Now nothing is the way it seems
In living color on the TV screen.
Too many murd! ers, too much fight,
I wanna go back to black and white
In God they trusted, in bed they slept.

A promise made was a promise kept.
They never cussed or broke their vows.
They'd never make the network now.
But if I could, I'd rather be
In a TV town in '53.
It felt so good, felt so right
Life looked better in black and white.

I'd trade all the channels on the satellite
If I could just turn back the clock tonight
To when everybody knew wrong from right
Life was better in black and white!
246 posted on 08/24/2002 4:01:13 PM PDT by Dubya
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To: Dubya
BRAVO, Dubya!!
It's your birthday, so it's your right to wax sentimental..:)))

Yes, life was definitely less complicated and more enjoyable in those days.

Other than not having computers and the Internet, that is!

309 posted on 08/24/2002 5:38:37 PM PDT by LadyX
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To: Dubya
Neat poem, Dubya. I'm feeling very nostalgic right now. sigh

Happy birthday!

336 posted on 08/24/2002 6:00:58 PM PDT by ru4liberty
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