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