Time Was When...

Time was back then when we were driftin' Into Club Carousel and groovin' And experiencin' the happenin' feelin' And not worryin' 'bout who's cussin' Time not that long ago when we could bop Not giving a damn 'bout who was a flop Time when Allen Ginsberg would Howl When our moods would go afoul Time was when virgins ran aplenty And sinners were so into synergy And jazz clubs were makin' the big money And you and I were losing our virginity Time of not so much innocence When we were into so much nonsense And the music was so bluesy And we weren't all that choosy Time was when we were hippies Wearin' in our hair daisies Protestin' Viet Nam fightin' for peace And dyin' for that bloody war to cease Time was back then when we were trippin' On the road to California dreamin' And the clubs were always in the fore mind And we hadn't yet quite lost our mind Time was back then and now When we were always driftin' somehow Into the good ole Greenwich Village For our crazy nights of pillage Time was back then when life was so easy And we had politicians that weren't so sleazy And you and I and the lost Now Generation Sockin' it to the likes of Nixon and leaked information Time was back then when you and I and our baby Had felt safe in this good cosmopolitan city Time was when Pierre Elliott Trudeau Had said fuddle duddle and where we can go Time was back then not so long ago When love and peace didn't have to go Time was when The Beatles were bigger than God Lost a lot of fans burning their records giving them the rod Time was back then when we imagined with Lennon A world with no war no poverty no heaven Time was when we lived in peace and harmony Time when we didn't know meaning of cruelty Time was back then when all the president's men Were doin' a good job of watchin' him surrounded with women Time was when the rock and roll prez was blowin' his sax And you know who was sendin' him more than just a fax Time was back then when would-be poets stopped when we were ahead And didn't crack jokes about the prez head-to-head Time was when you and me and the prez and the prime minister All thought that life was getting so much better so much better Time was back then and now when we knew somehow That we're all still into love and peace and the pow wow And the likes of Harper and Bush and the lost Tony Are making this Planet Earth so much more lonely Time was and is forever now proper When love and peace will have to prosper And the evils of Bin Laden and Bush Will finally wake us up and give Peace a push