The Way It Was In `51 Lyrics

The Way It Was In `51 lyrics

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