Thinking back on my youth
Gotta tell you the truth
Things weren't the same then
When rock'n'roll was news
And charcoal grey'n'pointed shoes
Was what we wore then
I remember Gene Vincent
Little Richard and Cream
Bobby Chuck and Buddy
And Diana's Supremes
I sang along with them all
As I recall
Had nothing better to do.
Gone to countries remote
By airplane and boat
Took days to get there
Saw castles where kings
Did the most evil things -
To wasted souls there
I walked a wall in the East
And crossed the Maginot line
Got drunk on the left bank
And cruised down the Rhine
I remember it all
As I recall
Weren't nothing better to do.
When gauging your life
You gotta think of the strife
You got in then
When men were runnin' for gold
They caught me cold
In a new FJ Holden
I remember a small room
With a big heavy door
I lived there a while
Because I'd broken the law
I remember it all
As I recall
Weren't nothing better to do.
Life's a ship at full mast
Don't the years sail by fast
When you're aging
An' that first taste of love
You a crow her a dove
All night raging
Those hot nights of passion
Not always so clean
Knowin' what you are now
But can't forget what you've been
Remember it all
You recall
Weren't nothing better to do.
Mac
