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I
have no idea who wrote this, But it's great!!
Long
ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,
Before
the
days of 'Dylan', or the dawn of 'Camelot'.
There
lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me, Long
ago, and Far away, in the Land that Made me, ME.
Ike'
was in the White House, and 'Hoss' was on TV,
And
GOD was in His heaven, in the Land that Made me, ME.
We
learned to fix a muffler, we washed our hair at dawn,
We
spread our crinolines to dry, in circles on the lawn.
We
longed for love and romance, and waited for our Prince,
And
Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.
We
danced to 'Little Darlin,' and sang to 'Stagger Lee' And
cried for Buddy Holly, in the Land that Made me, ME.
Only
girls wore earrings then, and three was one too many,
And
only boys wore crew-cuts, except for Jean McKinney.
And
only in our wildest dreams, did we expect to see,
A boy
named 'George' wear lipstick, in the Land That Made me, ME.
We
fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was, oh, so nice,
And
when they made a movie, they never made it twice.
We
didn't have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho Two and Three,
Or
Rocky-Rambo Twenty-One, in the Land That Made me, ME.
Miss
Kitty had a heart of gold, and ' Chester ' had a limp,
And
'Reagan' was a Democrat, whose co-star was a chimp.
Youth
was still eternal, and life was yet to be,
And
Elvis was forever, in the Land that Made me, ME.
We
had a Howdy Doody, but not a Mr. T,
And
Oprah couldn't talk yet, in the Land that Made me, ME.
We'd
never seen a rock band that was Grateful to be Dead,
And
Airplanes weren't named Jefferson , and Zeppelins
weren't Led.
And
Beatles lived in gardens then, and Monkees in a tree,
Madonna
was a sacred name, in the Land That Made me, ME.
We'd
never heard of microwaves, or telephones in cars,
And
babies might be bottle-fed, but never grown in jars!
And
pumping iron got wrinkles out, and 'gay' meant fancy-free,
And
dorms were never co-ed, in the Land that Made me, ME.
We
had our share of heros, we never thought they'd go,
At
least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe.
We
hadn't seen enough of jets, to talk about the 'lag',
And
'Microchips' were what was left in the bottom
of the bag..
And
'Hardware' was a box of nails, and 'Bytes' were from a flea,
And
rocket ships were fiction, in the Land that Made me, ME.
And
Buicks came with portholes, and Side-Shows came with freaks,
And
bathing suits came big enough, to cover both your cheeks.
And
Coke came just in bottles, and skirts came to the
knee,
And
Castro came to power, in the Land that Made me, ME.
We
had no 'Crest' with Fluoride, we had no ' Hill Street Blues',
We
never had a TV show that only gave us News.
We
had no patterned pantyhose, or Lipton Herbal Tea,
Or
prime-time ads for body functions, in the Land
that Made me, ME..
There
were no golden arches, no Perrier to chill,
And
fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not named
Bill.
And
middle-age was 35, and old was sixty-three,
And
ancient were our parents, in the Land that Made me, ME.
But
all things have a season, or so we've heard them say,
And
now instead of Maybelline, we swear by Retin-A.
They
send us invitations to join AARP,
We've
come a long way baby, from the Land that Made me, ME.
So
now we face a brave new world, in slightly larger jeans,
And
wonder why their using, smaller print in magazines.
We
tell our children's children, of the way it used to be,
So
long ago and far away, in the Land That Made Me, ME.
Author
Unknown
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