that was the way it was then

Lyrics

there's cowboys that still sit with their backs to the wall, does a drifter still hear the high winds when they call, do the hobo's still eat pork and beans in a tin, does a sailor still cast his precious faith to the wind, are the villains in black hats, still i see hero's in white, are the sock hops rocking and rolling saturday nights, would a forty-nine mercury would it still be out of sight, that was the way it was then, ever night my loving honey i was james dean, slow walking, soft talking, silently me, surely the rebel and me lives again, all for the cause you'll be all caught up in, well it's a quarter till ten honey, ole killer's lying here in bed, spinning those old records memories lingering in my head, you know the times were so good i remember songs so sad, for the game i used to play it ain't good, it ain't bad, there's a woman i remember by the way what was her name, we made love, we made love in one hell of a rain, baby ten minutes how time flew back then, it will never be that way again, never be that way again, elvis presley, james dean, ole rocking jerry lee