That's when a smoke was a smoke
And groovin' was groovin'
And dancin' meant everything
We were young and we were improvin'
Laughin' laughin' with our friends
Holding hands meant somethin' baby
Outside the club "Cherry Bomb"
Our hearts were really pumpin'
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah
Just noticed the lyrics I copied in had been changed from "that's when a smoke was a smoke " to "that's when a sport was a sport..". Seriously?
Just noticed the lyrics I copied in had been changed from "that's when a smoke was a smoke " to "that's when a sport was a sport..". Seriously?
Wow, that's annoying revisionism. If someone's going to change the lyrics to "more acceptable," why not "that's when a joke was a joke"? At least it rhymes with the actual lyrics.
This doesn't seem to be the version I remember but Slim was usually good:
You got it first but Mary Hopkin > Carroll O'Connor.