Sitting in the parlour
With The Beatles on the radio (Oh boy)
Outside in the air
There was music everywhere, all in one voice
Caught up in a moment of love
We wished that it would all be enough
But things pa** away
And we wanted them to stay
Flowers in our hair
The smell of incense blowing in the breeze
The U.S. tigers went to war
To bring the faceless peril to their knees
Clinging to a pillar of salt
Woodstock to Altamont
The darkness pushed on
While we sang our songs
Standing in the shadow in the middle of the day
Waking from a dream that ripped away
The joyful echo of a distant star
Forgetting for a moment who we are
Bathed in the memory of a summers' night
With love turned to anger overnight
Washed away in the overflow
But which way did the sixties go?
Make headline news with no delay
Martin, Marilyn, JFK are on display!
Hidden value, blood and glory
Captivating true life stories - truth mislaid!
Were we all so easily confused?
Mapping out a life of good news from peace and love
In a world of push ‘n shove
Standing in the shadow in the middle of the day
Waking from a dream that ripped away
The joyful echo of a distant star
Forgetting for a moment who we are
Bathed in the memory of a summers' night
With love turned to anger overnight
Washed away in the overflow
But which way did the sixties go?
Clouds are racing through imagination
That challenges my mind
Retrospect and contemplation
In places now hard to find
Looking back now on all it seemed to be
In my heart
The foundation of the consternation
In the formation of my doubt!
Make headline news with no delay
Martin, Marilyn, JFK are on display!
Clinging to a pillar of salt
Woodstock to Altamont
The darkness pushed on
While we sang our songs
Standing in the shadow in the middle of the day
Waking from a dream that ripped away
The joyful echo of a distant star
Forgetting for a moment who we are
Bathed in the memory of a summers' night
With love turned to anger overnight
Washed away in the overflow
But which way did the sixties go?
(x2)