~
Afro puffs, shags, beads and braids
Slicked back and to the side
With daddy’s pomade
Marbles, yo-yo’s, and jacks
Bell bottoms, polyester
Butterfly collars and stacks
Roller rinks and Parliament’s
“Flashlight”
Every Saturday night
Hoola hoops, lemon twist
Back in the day
When kids were kids
Iron-ons and patches
Shorts your mama cut
From a pair of pants that
Looked like eggshells
Tricycles with the tassels
It was a good day when the neighborhood
Bullies weren’t a hassle
New PF. Flyers- thought you were maxin’
Pulled up to the group with your
Big wheel with the skid out action!
Red wagons, glass bottles, and aluminum cans
Mike & Ike’s Now and Laters, Boston Baked Beans
All play stopped when you heard the ice cream man
Playing paddle and ball
Junior rollin’ by with
The wax still on his car
And gansta’ white walls
Fuzzy dice and boom boxes
When dudes were cats
And chicks were foxes
The Jackson 5’s on 8-tracks
And cussing was whack
Can we find our way
To back in the day?
© Alya Landry 2008
Afro puffs, shags, beads and braids
Slicked back and to the side
With daddy’s pomade
Marbles, yo-yo’s, and jacks
Bell bottoms, polyester
Butterfly collars and stacks
Roller rinks and Parliament’s
“Flashlight”
Every Saturday night
Hoola hoops, lemon twist
Back in the day
When kids were kids
Iron-ons and patches
Shorts your mama cut
From a pair of pants that
Looked like eggshells
Tricycles with the tassels
It was a good day when the neighborhood
Bullies weren’t a hassle
New PF. Flyers- thought you were maxin’
Pulled up to the group with your
Big wheel with the skid out action!
Red wagons, glass bottles, and aluminum cans
Mike & Ike’s Now and Laters, Boston Baked Beans
All play stopped when you heard the ice cream man
Playing paddle and ball
Junior rollin’ by with
The wax still on his car
And gansta’ white walls
Fuzzy dice and boom boxes
When dudes were cats
And chicks were foxes
The Jackson 5’s on 8-tracks
And cussing was whack
Can we find our way
To back in the day?
© Alya Landry 2008
No comments:
Post a Comment