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HMMMMM VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING, MAKES ME LONG FOR THE OLD TIMES. NOW WE DON'T DARE LET OUR CHILDREN OUT TO PLAY BECAUSE OF THE CRAZIES OUT THERE WAITING TO KIDNAP, RAPE AND MURDER. TIMES HAVE SURELY CHANGED AND NOT FOR THE BETTER IN MANY WAYS. THE MEDICAL ADVANCES ARE GOOD, BUT THE REST IS NOT SO GOOD. LOVE ARDIE

PATTY HATVICK

Black & White

Black and White

(Under age 40? You won't understand.)

You could hardly see for all the snow,

Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.

Pull a chair up to the TV set,

"Good Night, . Good Night, Chet."

Dependin'g on the channel you tuned,

You got Rob and - or Ward and June.

It felt so good. It felt so right.

Life looked better in black and white.

I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys,

Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys,

Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train,

Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane.

Father Knows Best, Patty Duke,

Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too,

Donna on Thursday night! --

Life looked better in black and white.

I wanna go back to black and white.

Everything always turned out right.

Simple people, simple lives...

Good guys always won the fights.

Now nothing is the way it seems,

In living color on the TV screen.

Too many murders, too many fights,

I wanna go back to black and white.

In God they trusted, alone in bed, they slept,

A promise made was a promise kept.

They never cussed or broke their vows.

They'd never make the network now.

But if I could, I'd rather be

In a TV town in '53.

It felt so good. It felt so right.

Life looked better in black and white.

I'd trade all the channels on the satellite,

If I could just turn back the clock tonight

To when everybody knew wrong from right.

Life was better in black and white!

Pass this to someone (over age 40, of course), and brighten

their day by helping them to remember that life's most simple pleasures are very often the best!