Merle Haggard - The Way It Was In '51 Lyrics

Lyrics The Way It Was In '51 - Merle Haggard



Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean war was just beginning
And I was just three years too young to go
Country music hadn′t gone to New York City yet
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
And Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
That′s the way it was in '51
There's so much about the good old days I′d love to tell
And there′s folks around I know, still remember well
Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played
′Cause a thing called, 'Rock and Roll′ was yet to come
It was a big year for a drive-in rest'rant, Carhop
And that′s the way it was in '51
There's so much about the good old days I′d love to tell
And there′s folks around I know, still remember well
Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played
′Cause a thing called, 'Rock and Roll′ was yet to come
A big year for a drive-in rest'rant, Carhop
And that′s the way it was in '51
Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
Oh Lord, that's the way it was in ′51



Writer(s): Merle Haggard


Merle Haggard - The Very Best of Merle Haggard
Album The Very Best of Merle Haggard
date of release
02-07-2007

1 I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
2 Branded Man
3 Sing Me Back Home
4 The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
5 Mama Tried
6 Hungry Eyes
7 Workin' Man Blues
8 Okie from Muskogee (Live)
9 The Fightin' Side of Me
10 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
11 Carolyn
12 Grandma Harp
13 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
14 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
15 Everybody's Had the Blues
16 If We Make It Through December
17 Things Aren't Funny Anymore
18 Old Man From The Mountain
19 Kentucky Gambler
20 Always Wanting You
21 Movin' On
22 It's All in the Movies
23 The Roots of My Raising
24 Cherokee Maiden
25 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
26 Swinging Doors
27 The Bottle Let Me Down
28 I Threw Away the Rose
29 I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am (1990 Digital Remaster)
30 Street Singer
31 Jesus, Take a Hold
32 I Can't Be Myself
33 The Sidewalks of Chicago
34 Soldier's Last Letter (1990 Digital Remaster)
35 Someday We'll Look Back
36 The Emptiest Arms In The World
37 Here Comes the Freedom Train
38 Sing a Sad Song
39 Just Between the Two of Us
40 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
41 What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana (2001 Digital Remaster)
42 A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
43 Running Kind
44 Making Believe
45 The Way It Was In '51
46 High on a Hilltop
47 I'll Leave the Bottle On the Bar (2001 Digital Remaster)
48 Silver Wings




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