My, The Changes (remix, rewrite)

[Instrumental intro] I was born in nineteen fifty three, Hard to believe it was a different century The country was changing and changing fast Nobody wanted a repeat of the past The golden age was coming to an end New technology was moving in We put a man in orbit, then landed on the moon We were losing our innocence way too soon My, the changes we saw back in those years Learning to duck under our desks, from the threat we all feared From black and white, to a color teevee Watching Opie, Andy, Barney and Aunt Bea From Lawrence Welk to the Beatles and rock and roll Our generation was getting harder to control We graduated in the summer of seventy one Some went to college, some joined the service, at least one on the run We’ve had a few pass here in the recent years We remember them with laughter and quite a few tears My, the changes we saw back in those years Learning to duck under our desks, from the threat we all feared From black and white, to a color teevee Watching Opie, Andy, Barney and Aunt Bea From Lawrence Welk to the Beatles and rock and roll Our generation was getting harder to control [Instrumental interlude] A lot has happened over all this time Can’t help but wonder bout this life of mine We’ve seen a lot of changes from back in our day A lot of progress , at least that’s what they say Don’t honestly know if that’s really true But it is what it is, not much we can do My, the changes we saw back in those years Learning to duck under our desks, from the threat we all feared From black and white, to a color teevee Watching Opie, Andy, Barney and Aunt Bea From Lawrence Welk to the Beatles and rock and roll Our generation was getting harder to control Guess our time has passed, but we’re not through Our good ole days, may still come true Yeah, we have our past to look back on A great life it was…..but our best is still to come [outro] My, the changes…..we saw back in those years….. Not really much that we now fear We had that great old rock and roll Our generation is still…..hard to control! [Instrumental fade out]