Way Back in the 1960's Lyrics

The song Way Back in the 1960's is performed by Incredible String Band in the album named 5000 Spirits / Hangman's Beautiful Daughter in the year 2002 .



I was a young man back in the 1960s.
Yes, you made your own amusements then,
For going to the pictures;
Well, the travel was hard, and I mean
We still used the wheel.
But you could sit down at your table
And eat a real food meal.

But hey, you young people, well I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.

There was one fellow singing in those days,
And he was quite good, and I mean to say that
His name was Bob Dylan, and I used to do gigs too
Before I made my first million.
That was way, way back before,
before wild World War Three,
When England went missing,
And we moved to Paraguayee.

But hey, you young people, I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.

Well, I got a secret, and don't give us away.
I got some real food tins for my 91st birthday,
And your grandmother bought them
Way down in the new antique food store,
And for beans and for bacon, I will open up my door.

But hey, you young people, well I just do not know,
And I can't even understand you
When you try to talk slow.

Well, I was a young man back in the 1960s.




Incredible String Band - 5000 Spirits / Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

Aug 2002

  1. Chinese White
  2. No Sleep Blues
  3. Painting Box
  4. The Mad Hatter's Song
  5. Little Cloud
  6. The Eyes of Fate
  7. Blues for the Muse
  8. The Hedgehogs' Song
  9. First Girl I loved
  10. You Know What You Could Be
  11. My Name is Death
  12. Gently Tender
  13. Way Back in the 1960's
  14. Koeeoaddi There
  15. The Minotaur's Song
  16. Witches Hat
  17. A Very Cellular Song
  18. Mercy I Cry City
  19. Waltz Of The New Moon
  20. The Water Song
  21. Three Is A Green Crown
  22. Swift As The Wind
  23. Nightfall


Way Back in the 1960's