That Was the Way it Was Then - Jerry Lee Lewis

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