The Sixties, Maaaaaaaan!

Were you there when Billy Fury took the world by storm

And Bill Haley had us Rockin' round the Clock?

Were you a ‘Ted' with Elvis quiff upon your Brillcreamed head?

Strutting in Blue Suede Shoes at the Albert Dock?

People say "If you remember the Sixties,

You couldn't have been there, man!"

But even when Elvis was king - yeah, alright, he could sing!

Liverpool was the place to hear all the best bands

The Fourmost and the Merseybeats put us on the map

Gerry and his mates set the Pace

John, Paul, George and Ringo taught the whole world a new lingo

And all but sank the competition without trace

"Listen while I play my Green Tambourine"

Look at "The Guitar Man" just playing for himself

And "Harry doesn't mind if he don't make the scene:

He's got a daytime job, he's at Tesco's, stacking shelves

When Mott the Hoople called for "All the Young Dudes"

Did you paddle your feet in "The Wishing Well"?

When Chris Rea sang of  "The Stony Road"

Did you show him "The Road to Hell"?

Can you remember what you did the day

When we heard Buddy Holly passed away?

Or (some years later) did the lyrics of "American Pie"

Just pass you by: a pleasant song, by a quiet ‘nice guy'?

Another genius, taken from us far too soon:

When Lennon was shot dead, what were you doing?

Me, I was on a quiet country road, driving home

I had to pull over, and let my tears flow

Memories mellow as decades roll by, it's true

Acid (and acid rain) belonged to those days now long behind us

We can't all be Sultans of Swing, Kings of Be-bop, or even Queens

But given the chance, wouldn't you take it, and not think of "What Might Have Been"??