Songs for the Nostalgia Left

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Boy the way Bob Dylan Played 

Songs that made the Hit Parade 

Guys like us we had it made 

Those were the days.

FDR welcomed their hate

LBJ could legislate 

our micro-bus ran so great 

Those were the days

And you knew who you were then 

didn’t have no black President 

Mister, we could use a man like Harry Truman again

People seemed to be content 

$100 paid the rent

dropping acid in the tent

Those were the days

Take a little bong hit spin 

Cheer a cheer for Ho Chi Mihn

Get so high and hide that grin

Hair was long and skirts were short 

Bobby Seale was gagged in court 

Nixon knew what Keynes had taught

THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

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