People wore dumb hats
And they fell in love
Cities were good things
Someone was president
Nobody drank
But they danced just the same
It was over so fast
No one gave it a name
The world was black and white
In 1964
And the cops carried swords
In 1964
And I wasn't alive
In 1964
Everyone got fat
And forgot to have kids
We bought Manhattan
No one fed the fish
The widows taught sewing
They raised the price of stamps
The Civil War began
They invented summer camps
Everyone was friends
In 1964
Everyone was poor
In 1964
And I wasn't alive
In 1964
1964
The world was black and white
And life was just a song
And the cops carried swords
And everyone knew the words
And I wasn't alive
In 1964
1964
And I wasn't alive (when was that?)
In 1964
And I wasn't alive (what'd you say?)
In 1964
And I wasn't alive (what time is it?)
In 1964
And I wasn't alive (sixty-five?)
In 1964
And I wasn't alive (say it again)
In 1964