Wednesday, January 30, 2008

HEROES, FOES AND VILLAINS

by Stan C. Countz

VERSE 1
Back in the day, my mamma'd take us
To see the Saturday movie matinee
We watched Danny Thomas and Danny Kaye
Rock Hudson and Doris Day
They had a certain grace and style
but when The King would sing
Everyone would smile to see
a wild toehead child
dancin’ in the aisles

That little kid was me
Way back in sixty three
I was only eight
But even I could see
Those day were great
And there will never be
Anything quite like
Those Amazing Days...

Those were truly amazing days
Or were they only a passing faze
Or a momentary craze
My memory's a haze
Or were they truly the good ol' days

VERSE 2
Before Gateway, Bill Gates and Dell
He was great in Heartbreak Hotel
The King could sing from a jail cell
Captain Hook was chasin’ Tinkerbell
We didn't kiss and tell
and that was just swell with us
We didn't wanna make a fuss
We'd ride a bike or take a bus

Bridge 1

For math in class, we had a slide rule
No one had a cell or a swimmin’ pool
Slip N’ Slide kept us pretty cool
Watched Bonnie and Clyde and Francis the Talking Mule

REPRISE 1
Elvis, Dion and Dylan; got your hamburgers grillin’
The days of heroes, foes and villains

VERSE 3
Some were ga-ga over Zsa Zsa or Ol’ Blue Eyes
But Blue Hawaii had us hypnotized
We all knew that Big Girls didn't cry
and earrings were for girls not guys


VERSE 4
While we were watchin’ Captain Kangeroo
Dion was runnin' ‘round with Runaround Sue
Pat Boone had on his white buckskin shoes
and Buddy Holly got his jollies with Peggy Sue
While we read The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew
and The King crooned in his blue suede shoes

REPRISE 2
Elvis, Dion and Dylan; got your hamburgers grillin’
The days of heroes, foes and villains

VERSE 5
Jan and Dean really made the scene
Dylan could write but he could barely sing
Chuck Berry singin’ bout his Ding-a-ling
Bob and Bing were doin' their thing

VERSE 6
James Dean cruisin' in his silver death machine
Toward his last and best and final scene
Us kids were transfixed by Mr. Green Jeans
But mom and me still bowed before The King

CHORUS (EXPANDED)
Elvis, Dion and Dylan; got your hamburgers grillin’;
The days of heroes, foes and villains
When everyone was more than willin’
to serve their country and do their share
Holdin’ hands was more than thrillin’
and for weeks we’d be walkin’ on air
Gunsmoke and Marshall Dillon
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire

PRE-OUTRO
Boo Boo and Yogi Bear; chillin’ at the county fair
Superman flyin’ in the air
Terrorist attacks were very rare
I wanna take you back; I wanna take you there
Back when Wolfman Jack was on the air;
We got no flack for sayin’ a prayer
The war in Iraq hadn’t been declared
and Sonny was still singin’ with Cher

OUTRO
Funny it seems like it was only yesterday
Watchin’ cartoons at the Saturday matinee
With King Kong and Faye Wray, Babe Ruth and Willy Mays
Can you recall the day they shot JFK?

LAST REPRISE
Elvis, Dion and Dylan; got your hamburgers grillin’
The days of heroes, foes and villains (2 x)

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