Spirit of '76

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Spirit of ‘76Last week my young boy asked me a questionWondered if I’d offer some suggestions‘bout what to put in his time capsule for 7th gradeI sat there and cast my mem’ries way backSmiled when I thought of the old Stones eight-trackThat I put in a capsule when I was his ageI tousled his hair and said“son, lemme think a secMy mind drifted off cos his question brought backDr. J dunkin’ thirty pointsSavin’ bicentennial coinsIn an empty can of Nestle QuikEatin’ Pop Rocks and playin’ TwisterPuttin’ bullfrogs in my little sister’sMalibu Barbie make-up kitI remembered it all and still heard the callOf the spirit of ‘76Happy Face stickers on my old skateboardEggin’ the principal’s new V-8 FordSqueezing’ the Charmin with my first girlfriendBad dance music and Evel KnievelBell bottoms and social upheavalMy folks fightin’ over All The President’s MenPoster of the Bionic WomanOn my bedroom wallDreamin of Farrah in study hallDr. J dunkin’ thirty pointsSavin’ bicentennial coinsIn an empty can of Nestle QuikEatin’ Pop Rocks and playin’ YahtzeeLaverne and Shirley, Richie n PotsieAnd my Johnny Bench catcher’s mittI remembered it all and still heard the callOf the spirit of ‘76I said, “Son, times may changeBut the good and bad times remainthen I gave him the new Stones cdCos today ain’t much different to meFrom the spirit of 76, the spirit of 76©2007 Robert George