tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43908695802864294912011-04-21T15:43:46.219-07:00Stan C. Countzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14104456004230817655noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390869580286429491.post-84037269845407168522008-06-11T10:50:00.001-07:002009-02-23T07:45:02.588-08:00<a href="http://happyholidaysfromstan.blogspot.com/">HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM STAN</a><br /><a href="http://stan-countz.blogspot.com/2008/04/life-is-vapor.html">LIFE IS A VAPOR</a><br /><a href="http://peopleandprofiles.blogspot.com">PEOPLE AND PROFILES</a><br /><a href="http://drsshoes.blogspot.com/2008/06/photos-featured-in-valley-views.html"><a href="http://meanddocjack.blogspot.com/">ME AND DOCTOR JACK</a><br />THROW ME A ROPE</a><br /><a href="http://odetomamajean.blogspot.com/2008/05/last-minute-jitters.html">ODE TO MAMA JEAN</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4390869580286429491-8403726984540716852?l=thestartofsomethinbig.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stan C. Countzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14104456004230817655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390869580286429491.post-89365750637284423972008-05-31T04:12:00.000-07:002008-06-06T00:11:09.981-07:00<span style="font-style:italic;">Original lyrics by Stan C. Countz</span><br /><br />Who knew and who could predict<br />We'd get our kicks on Route Sixty Six?<br />Who knew? Who could truly see? <br />Who blew the bugle in Company B?<br /><br />Sometimes, to find the truth, you have to root around and dig<br />Who knew and who could predict that a little frog and a pig<br />would be the start; the start of somethin' big? <br />Open up your heart; you just might have the start <br />The start of somethin' big<br /><br />Who could see the rise of Ol' Blue Eyes <br />But Blue Hawaii had me hypnotized<br />Boy were we all surprised to see <br />The rise and fall of Doctor King <br />Lucille Ball and Bob and Bing<br />But as for mom and me <br />we still bowed before the King<br /><br />He was great in Heartbreak Hotel<br />Played guitar like a ringin' a bell<br />The King could sing from a jail cell<br />Captain Hook was chasin' Tinkerbell<br />We didn't kiss and tell and that was just swell with us<br /><br />We liked Ike and Dick Van Dyke <br />And rode our Schwinn bike or took a bus to school<br />Every night they tucked us into bed<br />While we were watchin' Mr. Ed<br />and Francis the Talking Mule <br />Taught us to do what the Bible said<br />and to follow the golden rule<br />or they took us behind the wood shed<br />Or made us sit in a corner on a stool<br /><br />Whenever we could and when we were able <br />we prayed together round the kitchen table<br />and thanked the good Lord for our daily bread<br />We wore PF Flyers and Keds<br />Didn't take so many meds<br />And the communists were the Reds <br />Not the Feds or so they said<br />Today our heroes are all dead<br /><br />Before Tivo, satellite and cable<br />Our heroes were guys like Clark Gable<br />Peter Pan and Anne of Green Gables<br />Charlie Chan and Betty Grabel<br />They were more than just fables<br />It's time we turn the tables<br /><br />We watched Red Skelton and Milton Berle<br />Dudley Do Right always got the girl<br />Ma and Pa Kettle and Minnie Pearl<br />and Rocky the Flying Squirrel<br /><br />For math in class we used a slide rule<br />No one had a cell or a swimmin' pool<br />Our phone was still owned by Ma Bell<br />Slip and Slide kept us pretty cool<br /><br />Bob and Bing did their road show thing<br />Jerry and Dean were still sharin' the screen<br />Chuck Berry was singin' bout his ding a ling<br />Jan and Dean really made the scene<br />Dylan could write but he could barely sing<br />The Beatles never missed a beat<br />Couldn't stop groovin' and movin' our feet<br />We were livin' in a Yellow Submarine<br />James Dean crusin' in his death machine<br />toward his last and best and final scene<br />We loved Beanie and Cecil and Mr. Green Jeans<br />Shoulda seen what we paid for deisel and gasoline<br />Cassius Clay became Mohammed Ali<br />I'll be a Monkee's uncle<br />We loved Simon and Garfunkle<br /><br />When we were barely learnin' how to drive<br />We loved The Motown sound and the Jackson Five<br />The Fab Four and the Dave Clark Five<br />The Bee Jees were just Stayin' Alive<br /><br />Cartoons at the matinee<br />Babe Ruth and Willy Mays<br />Our kids would be amazed that's for sure<br />My memory's a blur but they were <br />Amazing Days<br /><br />Danny Thomas and Danny Kay<br />Jed Clampett and Ellie May<br />Charlie Chan and Sam Spade<br />Lucille Ball and Doris Day<br />Lou Rawls and Marvin Gaye<br />Do you recall the day they shot JFK?<br /><br />He ain't heavy, he's my brother<br />The Nutty Professor and Flubber<br />And who could forget Scarlett and Rhett<br />and Bambi's mother?<br /><br />They had a certain grace and style it's true<br />But when the King would sing in his blue suede shoes<br />We'd be dancin' in the aisles not singin' the blues<br />Everyone would smile to see a wild toehead child <br />Dancin' in the aisles, wouldn't you?<br /><br />Sometimes, to find the truth, you have to root around and dig<br />Who knew and who could predict that a little frog and a pig<br />would be the start; the start of somethin' big? <br />Open up your heart; you just might have the start <br />The start of somethin' big<br /><br />That little kid was me, way back in Sixty Three<br />I was only eight, but even I could see<br />Those days were great and there will never be<br />Anything quite like those Amazing Days<br /><br />And who could forget Phyllis Diller and Carol Burnett<br />They were the craziest girls we'd ever met<br />but they made us laugh and smile, at least for a while<br />and who could forget Scarlett and Rhett<br />Cruisin' in our Chevy Chevette and Gomer Pyle?<br /><br />Boy was I surprised by the rise and fall<br />of Gumby and Pokey and Bogey and Bacall<br />We all loved Lassie, Lucy and Monty Hall<br />No one had a fortune cookie or a crystal ball<br />Who knew a fortune could be made with a Wookie?<br />Who had even heard of a shopping mall? <br />Who could see that we'd be watchin' housewives on TV<br />Who knew a little mouse would one day run ABC?<br /><br />Mom and dad were pretty frugal<br />No swimmin' pool in our back yard<br />Who knew one day we'd search on Google<br />and buy our food with a credit card?<br /><br />Sometimes, to find the truth, you have to root around and dig<br />Who knew and who could predict that a little frog and a pig<br />would be the start; the start of somethin' big? <br />Open up your heart; you just might have the start <br />The start of somethin' big<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4390869580286429491-8936575063728442397?l=thestartofsomethinbig.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stan C. 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