BACK IN THE SIXTIES WE HAD FREE LOVE AND LSD WE KNEW THAT WE WERE CHANGING THE WORLD AND IT WAS GONNA BE A BETTER PLACE TO BE AND MEANWHILE WE WERE FLYING ON THE WINGS OF LOVE SO FREE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST FOREVER OH THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS GONNA BE BACK IN THE SIXTIES I REALLY CARED I TRAVELED IN A VW BUS ACROSS THE LAND WITH A GIRL WITH LONG STRAIGHT HAIR WE SMOKD SOME POT AND TOOK SOME LSD WE WERE JUST EXPLORING THIS BRAND NEW BIG WORLD TO SEE WHAT WE COULD SEE [chorus] Oh BACK IN THE SIXTIES THERE WAS A SPIRIT IN THE AIR I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT HOPE YOU COULD FEEL IT IT WAS EVERYWHERE BUT NOW THE SIXTIES THEY TRY TO TURN IT INTO SOME SAD SONG THEY POINT BACK AND SAY NO THAT WAS A FAILURE NO THAT WAS ALL WRONG BUT THEY WEREN’T THERE I’M HERE TO SAY I WISH WE HAD THAT KIND OF SOUL TODAY WE LOVED THE MUSIC AND WE MADE THE ART AND YES WE HAD LOVE IN OUR HEARTS LOVE FOR THE WORLD LOVE FOR MY GIRL I’M GLAD I GOT TO BE BACK IN THE SIXTIES BACK IN THE SIXTIES WHERE DREAMS CAME TRUE Oh BACK IN THE SIXTIES THERE WAS A SPIRIT IN THE AIR I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT HOPE YOU COULD FEEL IT IT WAS EVERYWHERE Oh BACK IN THE SIXTIES THERE WAS A SPIRIT IN THE AIR I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT HOPE YOU COULD FEEL IT IT WAS EVERYWHERE
