Show Me the Way (to Way Back When)
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:37 am
Show Me the Way(to Way Back When)I recall when rock n roll was Helter SkelterBad Moon Rising and Gimme Shelterbut now a guy like me's gotta settlefor bad hip-hop and heavy metalshow me the way to way back whenwhen our different ways really showedlet me look backward once againdown a long and winding roadtime goes past, so damn fastthe last thing young men thinkis youth won't lastso show me the way to way back whenDad useta take me to a Disney movienow weird foreign cartoons replace Mickey and Goofyheroes said "just the facts" and "book 'em Dano"now the good guys are the bad guys on the Sopranosshow me the way to way back whenwhen our different ways really showedlet me look backward once againdown a long and winding roadtime goes past, so damn fastthe last thing young men thinkis youth won't lastso show me the way to way back whenI always say I hate changeand wish things'd stay the samebut now there's better medicines,more freedom for citizensso I shouldn't complainbut sometimes it seemsthings ain't going like they shouldand when good things godon't you know,they're gone for goodso show me the way to way back whenwhen our different ways really showedlet me look backward once againdown a long and winding roadtime goes past, so damn fastthe last thing young men thinkis youth won't lastso show me the way to way back when(c)2004 Robert George