If only turning back the clock we could go back in time <br />The family eating together and so little crime <br />Watching the Ed Sullivan show every Sunday night <br />The wonderful Walt Disney Presents - just right <br /> <br />American bandstand every day after school <br />If you didn't watch, then you were the fool <br />Then came the adventures of Spin and Marty <br />Without them, Mickey Mouse Club wasn't a party <br /> <br />Clarabelle, Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody <br />With Dilly Dally and Flub-a-Dub, the cutie <br />They were great, if not the real thing <br />So was Princess Summerfall Winterspring <br /> <br />What young boy didn't love Annette Funicello <br />We watched every day, with our bowl of Jell-O <br />All the little girls loved Tim Considine <br />Spin was a heart throb, and he was so fine <br /> <br />Simpler times, not one drive by shooting <br />Fewer corporations lying and polluting <br />Before scientists started spreading aids <br />Before congress made insider trades <br /> <br />These are the days that will never come back <br />Since then, our society has come off the track <br />The world is spinning out of control <br />Too many people have sold their soul <br /> <br />If this seems like we're repeating history <br />Then it should come as no mystery <br />That our end will come about too soon <br />Even before we populate Mars or the moon<br /><br />J.B. LeBuert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/simpler-times-3/
