| A place far in the future
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| And faces from the past
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| And children reading history books
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| Their faces light and laugh
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| It all seems so primitive
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| How did you survive?
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| It all seemed so different then
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| How did you stay alive?
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| Did you walk cool in the fifties, daddy?
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| Was it all black and white?
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| Did you play jazz all night?
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| Was it really so wonderful?
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| Did you walk cool in the fifties, daddy?
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| And did you dress like james dean?
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| Did you wear dungarees?
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| Did you dance to the rhumba?
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| Was it all just crazy fashion?
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| I said, «Oh, yeah»
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| Did you live life with a passion?
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| I said, «Oh, yeah»
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| Does it all have some strange meaning?
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| Can it change my life today?
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| Or is it all so much flotsam and jetsam?
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| Tell me right away
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| Did you walk cool in the sixties, daddy?
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| And did you fight in the war?
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| Or did you chase all the whores
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| On the rock and roll rumble?
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| And did you walk cool in the sixties daddy?
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| And did you fight in the war?
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| Did you break all the laws
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| That were ready to crumble?
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| Was it just a crazy fashion?
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| I said, «Oh, yeah»
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| Did you live life with a passion?
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| I said, «Oh, yeah»
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| Does it have some inner meaning?
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| Can it change my life today?
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| Or is it all so much flotsam and jetsam?
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| Tell me right away
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| Well I think you’ve got it figured
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| Go check it out yourself
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| Cause I’ve had it playing teacher for today
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| Did you walk cool, primitive cool?
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| Did you know Dr. King?
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| Was he ever so humble?
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| Did you walk cool, primitive cool?
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| Did you break all the laws
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| That were ready to crumble?
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| Get the picture, mmm
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| A place far in the future
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| And faces from the past
|
| And children reading history books
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| Their faces light and laugh
|
| It all seems so primitive
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| How did you survive?
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| It all seemed so different then
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| How did you stay alive? |