album cover
1969
album cover
1969 was released on January 1, 1996 by Mercury Nashville as a part of the album Passages
January 1, 1996
LabelMercury Nashville
LanguageEnglish
BPM120
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

Bell bottoms and long straight hair
I can still see you sittin' there
In that apartment too small to share
With Credence on the radio
Our parents just shook their heads
On the day that we were wed
And I recall everybody said
We'd only last a year or so
America's a tough town
When you're eighteen with a child
But somehow the three of us got by
In nineteen sixty-nine
I had a brother in Vietnam
So I went to see my Uncle Sam
But he didn't want a family man
Carrying a gun for him
And so I bought a Volkswagen bus
And I painted flowers over the rust
But all that talk about peace and love
Was wearing mighty thin
America's a tough town
When you're eighteen with a child
But somehow the three of us got by
In nineteen sixty-nine
It was the age of innocence
But our innocence was fading
We waited for the best of times
And just kept waiting
America's a tough town
When you're eighteen with a child
But somehow the three of us got by
In nineteen sixty-nine
Nineteen sixty-nine
Written by: Dennis Henson, G. Harrison, Keith Stegall

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