An ode to one helluva year!
New version featuring Justin "JJ" Jordan on guitar!
“ 1977 “
I grew up in a family that wasn’t quite right.
Mama on the couch, daddy out all night.
I think they loved each though it seemed insane.
Caught in the middle of a losin” game!
Now, I’m not sayin” that we wasn”t loved.
Daddy worked hard, mama was a dove.
But the distance between them was just too wide.
And when I look back now, I know why she cried.
That was you, that was me, that was then---1977.
Life was sweet, it was sometimes cruel---1977.
My freshman year, I was a kind-a small.
All my friends were gettin’ tall.
I dressed like a clown, acted like one too.
When I think back now it was all I could do.
My sophomore year, I found my way.
I joined my first band and we started to play.
High-school dances on a Saturday night.
Playin” Rock & Roll and feelin” right.
She was the girl next door and she drove me mad.
The first real lover, I ever had.
What was missin’ back home to my surprise,
I found it in her heart it was there in her eyes.
That was you, that was me, that was then---1977.
Skies were blue and limitless then--- in “77”.
Runnin’ wild, runnin” loose, runnin’ free “77”.
So many of us are gone. I hope there’s a heaven.
INSTRUMENTAL SECTION
There was Vietnam and Watergate.
USA security state.
Richard Nixon with his hand on his heart.
Lyin’ through his teeth--perfecting the art.
There were pissed off Arabs and angry Jews.
Jimmy Carter tried, but what’s the use?
Cause dyin’ is easy with god on your side.
It’s livin’ that’s hard when you refuse to hide.
Now, I’m not sayin’ it was good or bad.
All I’m sayin’ is it was all we had.
Grab your friends---get in your car.
If you can’t be who you want---you better be who you are.
That was you, that was me, that was then--- 1977.
Skies were blue and limitless then----in “77”.
Runnin’ wild, runnin” loose, runnin’ free---1977 .
Life was sweet, it was sometimes cruel---1977.
That was you, that was me, that was then back in “77”.
So many of them are gone. I hope there’s a heaven.
That was you, that was me, that was then--- 1977.
So many of them are gone. I hope there’s a heaven.
