We lived on Holliston Street in the sixties   We didn’t need much back then, just a smile   And daddy would sing   And buy us ice cream   And we would listen      Uncle Louie would come over for dinner on Sundays   He taught piano to my sister, Kath   And I’d stand behind   And imitate him   And she would laugh   And he’d get mad      And if I knew then what I know now   I wouldn’t rush the growing old   I’d take the flu, the measles, and the blues   And I guess I’d do as I was told      Kathy would walk up ahead, and I’d follow   She seemed so big back then, and me so small   And mommy would give   Me one dime, and her two nickels   And I would cry   ’cause she got more      And if I knew then what I know now   I wouldn’t rush the growing old   I’d take the flu, the measles, and the blues   And I guess I’d do as I was told      They let us stay up real late to watch Ed Sullivan   We saw The Beatles two times that year   And daddy would laugh   And say, look at that dumb hair!   But I liked John   Man, I loved John      And I’d give up candy for lent in the springtime   And mama was proud   And so were the nuns   I thought it was okay to eat the candy   If the wrapper was on   I was just sucking out the juices   The juices of life      And if I knew then what I know now   I wouldn’t rush the growing old   I’d take the flu, the measles, and the blues   And I guess I’d do as I was told