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Taking Inventory
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When people expected less and valued
what they had more?
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When just about everybody knew the
difference between right and wrong?
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When things weren't perfect in the
United States, but you did not expect
them to be?
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When hippie meant big in the hips.
And
a
trip involved travel in cars,
planes, and ships?
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Hooked was what grandmother's rugs
may have been.
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When fix was
a
verb that meant mend
or repair.
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When groovy meant furrowed with
channels and hollows.
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And bread came from bakeries and not
from the mint.
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When roll meant
a
bun, and rock was
a
stone.
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And hang-up was something you did
with the phone.
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When the flag was
a
sacred symbol?
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When criminals went to jail?
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When you weren't afraid to go out at
night?
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When
a
boy was
a
boy and dressed
like one?
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When
a
girl was
a
girl, and dressed like
one.
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When college kids swallowed goldfish,
not acid.
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