The Way It Was in ’51

Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway Harry Truman was the man who ran the show The bad Korean war was just beginning And I was just three years too young to go Country music hadn't gone to New York City yet And a service man was proud of what he'd done And Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox That's the way it was in '51 There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell And there's folks around I know, still remember well Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played 'Cause a thing called, 'Rock and Roll' was yet to come It was a big year for a drive-in rest'rant, Carhop And that's the way it was in '51 There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell And there's folks around I know, still remember well Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played 'Cause a thing called, 'Rock and Roll' was yet to come A big year for a drive-in rest'rant, Carhop And that's the way it was in '51 Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox Oh Lord, that's the way it was in '51