Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
#0Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:09pm
I wrote a song called Back In The 60s. There are always Broadway musicals being staged about the 60s. Will my song fit into the next one? Can some enterprising writer take my lyrics and write a book around them? I have more songs with this theme: http://www.jimcolyer.com/music/http://www.jimcolyer.com/music/
BACK IN THE 60S
The first kid in my school to have long hair
My mother cried and said, "you don't care!"
My father yelled and said, "You're a damn fool!"
I gave 'em a smile and said, "Be cool"
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
My girl friend said she was on my side
Told her mamma I's the intellectual kind
Draft board said, "You're going to Vietnam!"
I flashed 'em a peace sign and said, "Stay calm!"
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s, I was young and strong
Had lots of women and the Top 40 songs
We had The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Back In The 60s, you were never alone
Back In The 60s, I turned 21
Drove a Chevrolet and went looking for fun
Jane and Raquel up on the movie screen
Back In The 60s, we were diggin' the scene
July of '69, we walked on the moon
Crosby, Stills & Nash did a Woodstock tune
My fellow Americans, we had a heavy heart
Looking for a way to make a new start
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
I finally got drafted and went to Germany
But I knew that girl would never wait for me
Tricky Dicky said things were perfectly clear
There won't be a Watergate for another 3 years
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s, I was young and strong
Had lots of women and the Top 40 songs
We had The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Back in the 60s, you were never alone
Back In The 60s, I turned 21
Drove a Chevrolet and went looking for fun
Jane and Raquel up on the movie screen
Back In The 60s, we were diggin' the scene
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
Back In The 60s
c2005 Jim Colyer ASCAP http://www.jimcolyer.com/music/http://www.jimcolyer.com/music/
Jim Colyer
#1re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:08pm
I;m not sure if I sung it with the music you wanted...lol...
I could possible write a book around it...
I have to make a story out of one quote for class...i thing i can do it for songs...
PM me....oh, i may have a few "edits" for your song...
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 06:08 PM
#2re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:21pmwoohoo! another jim colyer song! i thought i was gonna die if i didn't read more lyrics soon!!
::bust a move::
#3re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:53pmJim, this board is not a service for hooking up songwriters with Broadway shows. I've yet to see you discuss anything other than your music. Are you here to be part of this community or just to try to sell your songs?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 06:53 PM
#4re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:53pm*snap*
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#5re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:57pm
I finally got drafted and went to Germany
Why would you be sent to Germany in the '60s?
Vietnam would make more sense.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 06:57 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#6re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:58pmI stopped mid way down...
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#7re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:03pmOh, I didn't read the lyrics, but as I was scrolling down to read the responses I saw 'Germany' and did a double-take.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#8re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:01pmsticky, remember that we were involved in a larger conflict at that time of which vietnam was just one engagement: the cold war. even as people were dying in the jungles of southeast asia, europeans and americans were terrified that the russian (at that time soviet and through that the warsaw pact) bear would rouse itself from its slumber and roll across the whole of europe like a hungry lion amid a sea of hamstrung gazelles.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#9re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:05pmPlease. I'm not even discussing those lyrics. But seeing these songs has made it clear why he's posting them on a message board instead of getting signed by a record label.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:02pm
papa - what does that have to do with Germany though?
And my firends used to call my a commy...
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#11Rath vs. Jim
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:03pmand hahah rath
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#12re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:05pmgermany was at that time the front lines. you do reralize that there were two german countries at that time: west germany which was allied with the west and capitalism and democracy and east germany which allied itself with communism and totalitarianism. and it's -ie, ya damn commie!
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 07:05 PM
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#13re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:10pm
I'd like to hear Papa and Rath do this song as a duet. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#14Rath vs. Jim
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:07pm
But it doesn't make sense in the song....
N/M
Forget the song, lol
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 07:07 PM
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#15re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:11pmDid I just hear you calling me, papa?
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10
#16re: Back In The 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:13pmi love jim colyer! i love jim colyer! i love jim colyer! i love jim colyer!
::bust a move::
#17re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:09pmit only doesn't make sense if you assume that every soldier drafted in the late 60's went to vietnam which is like assuming that every american soldier today is in either iraq or afghanistan.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#18re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:11pm
....?
(to float)
papa...I'm talking about the randomness in the song...and the fact that the war was winding down somewhat during tricky dicky...
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#19re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:16pmwinding down? the year nixon was elected saw the highest number of casualties ever for america in vietnam followed by the next year which was the second highest.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#20re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:22pmJust so I'm clear - what we're discussing here is the date accuracy of the lyrics? Like that's the issue?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#21re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:22pmJim, not every lyric has to be in rhyming couplets. But other than that, I'd say that's a solid piece of work, up with your best.
#22re: back in the 60s
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:20pm
I hear a folk sound...a man and his guitar...Paul Simon...Bob Dylan...Tiny Tim...
But on a stage? In a musical? Um...where's the story?
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
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