A child of the fifties chords by The Statler Brothers
Verse 1
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I grew up a child of the fifties
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Learned to dance to the beat
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of rock and roll
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Television was my friend,
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I Love Lucy, Rin Tin Tin
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Kissed my first girl when
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I was 10 years old
Verse 2
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Took a turn for the worse in the sixties
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Saw some real people die on TV
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I learned love's hard cold facts,
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paid my first income tax
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One small step for the man I'm gonna be
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Verse 3
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And I'll never feel bad 'bout
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the times that we had
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I'll never look back in regret
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The heaven you gave,
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I will treasure and save
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Cause it might be as close
as I get
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Verse 4
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The seventies were ten years of re- runs
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News of Watergate was nothin' new
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The democrats got it,
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we fell in love again
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When Elvis died,
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we all knew that we could too
Verse 5
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Now I'm facin' the most of the eighties
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Old enough to run for President
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It's hard to think it's me,
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the father of three
Oh America,
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I don't know where it went
Verse 6
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And I'll never feel bad 'bout
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the times that we had
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I'll never look back in regret
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The heaven you gave,
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I will treasure and save
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Cause it might be as close as I get
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Verse 7
The heaven you gave,
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I will treasure and save
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Cause it might be as close as I get
Outro 1
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A child of the fifties
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