"The Way It Was In '51" lyrics - CHARLEY PRIDE

Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean was just beginning
And I was just three years too young to go

Country music hadn't gone to New York City yet
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
That's the way it was in fifty one

There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
And there's folks around I know still remember well
Slow dancing close together when a ballad played
'Cause a thing called rock and roll was yet to come
It was a big year for a drive-in restaurant carhop
That's the way it was in fifty one
[Repeat]

Yeah Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
Oh Lord that's the way it was in fifty one