The Land Of Sandra Dee

jangel · 05-13-2008, 12:44 PM

THE LAND OF SANDRA DEE

Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,
Before the days of Dylan or the dawn of Camelot.
There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me,
Long ago and far away, in the Land of Sandra Dee .

Oh, there was truth and goodness in that land where we were born,
There was no body piercing, and Peyton Place was porn.
For Ike was in the White House, and Hoss was on TV,
And God was in His heaven in the Land of Sandra Dee .

We longed for love and romance, and waited for our prince,
And Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.
We danced to "Little Darlin'," and "Unchained Melody",
We laughed with Martin & Lewis in the Land of Sandra Dee .

Only girls wore earrings then, and three was one too many,
And only boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney.
And only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see,
A boy named George with lipstick in the Land of Sandra Dee .

We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice,
And when they made a movie, they never made it twice.
We didn't have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho two and three,
Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty in the Land of Sandra Dee .

Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, and Chester had a limp,
And Reagan was a Democrat whose co-star was a chimp.
We had a Mr. Wizard, but not a Mr. T,
And Oprah couldn't talk yet in the Land of Sandra Dee .

We each had our favorite star, we never thought they'd go,
At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe.
For youth seemed eternal, and life was yet to be,
And Elvis was forever, in the Land of Sandra Dee .

We'd never heard of Microwaves, or cup holders in cars,
And babies might be bottled-fed, but they weren't grown in jars.
And pumping iron got wrinkles out, and "gay" meant fancy-free,
And dorms were never co-ed in the Land of Sandra Dee .

We hadn't seen enough of jets to talk about the lag,
And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag.
And hardware was a box of nails, and bytes came from a flea,
And rocket ships were fiction in the Land of Sandra Dee .

Buicks came with portholes, and side shows came with freaks,
And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.
And coke came just in bottles, and skirts came to the knee,
Going steady was always fun in the Land of Sandra Dee .

Cars were made with bench seats, and she'd sit close by his side,
And with brody knobs on steering wheels, we'd always love the ride.
And pay for bottled water?, why water was always free.
We even drank it from the hose in the Land of Sandra Dee .

We had no Crest with Fluoride, We had no Hill Street Blues,
The girls wore superstructure bras designed by Howard Hughes.
We never heard of panty hose, or Lipton Herbal Tea.
And cell phones were the phones in jails in the Land of Sandra Dee .

Middle age was thirty-five, and old was forty-three,
And ancient were our parents in the Land of Sandra Dee .

But all things have a season, or so we've heard them say,
And instead of drive-in movies, we can rent one any day.
and they send us invitations to join AARP,
We've come a long long way my friend, from the Land of Sandra Dee .

So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans,
And wonder why they're using smaller print in magazines.
And we tell our children's children of the way it used to be,
Long ago and far away in the Land of Sandra Dee .

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