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Drifting Through The 60's

from Children Of The Woodstock Age by Al Carmichael

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Drifting Through The Sixties

I was born in a restless age
in the shadow of the dove
one more baby boomer
who believed in peace and love
and I came down the road
wide eyed and innocent
unaware of seeds long sowed
that might spoil my wonderment

I watched the world exploding
and all the changes coming on
I existed somewhere
between Jesus and the bomb
Growing up in the space age
didn’t know where I belonged
shots rang on a grassy knoll
then the Beatles came along

While I was drifting through the sixties
just trying to make my stand
caught between the frats and hippies
just one confused young man
trapped between the way things are
and the way things could be
Like some lost and ragged child
drifting through the sixties

Yeah, the world that I grew up in
Was more than I bargained for
Seems like all of us were standing
In the shadow of that war
Some shipped off to Viet Nam
Some did not return
and as I shed my heartfelt tears
I watched our cities burn

While I was drifting through the sixties
just trying to understand
I was like some rambling gypsy
searching for the promised land
trapped between the way things are
and the way things could be
Growing up and running wild
drifting through the sixties



We lost the Kennedys
And Martin Luther King
Just as our new found ideals
were finally taking wing
were we winning, were we losing
were we going anywhere?
did we still believe in peace and love
or did we even care?

Some believed that we’d find peace
In the roar of rock and roll
guess we wont get fooled again
but at least we tried, so bless our souls
Running down that twisted path
I survived and here I am
still caught in changing times
a long way from where I began

Still drifting through the sixties
after all this time
getting through was sometimes tricky
But I made it down the line
All those friends and loves that I knew
Do they ever miss me
Or spend a lonely night like this
Drifting through the sixties

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from Children Of The Woodstock Age, released February 27, 2015
©2014 by Al Carmichael. Kendallwood Music ASCAP

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