The Way It Was In '51-Merle Haggard

[ti:The Way It Was In '51] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:The Very Best Of Merle Haggard] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Way It Was In '51 - Merle Haggard (梅尔·哈格德) [00:14.64]Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway [00:20.57] [00:21.80]Harry Truman was the man who ran the show [00:26.87] [00:29.36]The bad Korean war was just beginning [00:34.14] [00:36.42]And I was just three years too young to go [00:41.63] [00:43.25]Country music hadn't gone to New York City yet [00:48.82] [00:50.58]And a service man was proud of what he'd done [00:55.66] [00:57.78]And Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox [01:03.46] [01:05.23]That's the way it was in '51 [01:09.74] [01:11.57]There's so much about the good old days [01:15.52]I'd love to tell [01:17.68] [01:18.67]And there's folks around I know [01:21.80]Still remember well [01:24.65] [01:25.87]Slow dancing close together when a ballad played [01:32.08] [01:33.03]Cause a thing called [01:34.35]A Rock and Roll' was yet to come [01:37.92] [01:39.93]It was a big year for a drive-in rest'rant Carhop [01:45.56] [01:47.04]And that's the way it was in '51 [01:52.48] [02:22.09]There's so much about [02:24.29]The good old days I'd love to tell [02:28.09] [02:29.20]And there's folks around I know [02:32.40]Still remember well [02:35.02] [02:35.95]Slow dancing close together [02:39.95]When a ballad played [02:42.12] [02:43.05]Cause a thing called 'Rock [02:45.12]And Roll' was yet to come [02:48.28] [02:50.27]A big year for a drive-in rest'rant Carhop [02:55.81] [02:56.90]And that's the way it was in '51 [03:02.17] [03:04.40]Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox [03:09.78] [03:11.03]Oh Lord that's the way it was in '51