Child Of The Fifties Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

I grew up a child of the fifties 

Learned to dance to the beat of rock and roll 

Television was my friend, I Love Lucy, Rin Tin Tin 

Kissed my first girl when I was 10 years old 

Took a turn for the worse in the sixties 

Saw some real people die on TV 

I learned love's hard cold facts, paid my first income tax 

One small step for the man I'm gonna be 

And I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had 

I'll never look back in regret 

The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save 

'Cause it might be as close as I get 

The seventies were 10 years of re-runs 

News of Watergate was nothin' new 

The democrats got in, we fell in love again 

When Elvis died, we all knew that we could too 

Now I'm facin' the most of the eighties 

Old enough to run for President 

It's hard to think it's me, the father of three 

Oh America, I don't know where it went 

And I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had 

I'll never look back in regret 

The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save 

'Cause it might be as close as I get 

The heaven you gave, I will treasure and save 

'Cause it might be as close as I get