Rockie burned up
the movie screen
and I was turnin seventeen
Tie-dyed shirts
and Levis jean
lookin cool
at the Dairy Queen
Tryin to impress a young
woman in her Sunday dress
And that was 1976
didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde
haired girl stole my heart
and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky
a little love
on a Friday night
Built a fire that
just wont quit
that was 1976
My high school days
I packed away set my sights
on a bigger stage
Jimmy Carter moved to DC
a Georgia boy just like me
life seemed easy
Nothin much that we needed
That was 1976
didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little
blonde haired girl
stole my heart
and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky
a little love
on a Friday night
Built a fire that
just wont quit
that was 1976

Eight track tapes
were still in style
and Elvis was still alive
Wonder Woman sure looked fine
Bionic Man was
still Prime Time
And that girl I liked
we kept on tryin
till we got it right
And that was 1976
didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little
blonde haired girl
stole my heart
and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky
a little love
on a Friday night
Built a fire
that just wont quit
that was 1976

Yeah that was 1976
didn't know who we were yet
Built a fire that
just wont quit
and that was 1976
We built a fire
that just wont quit
that was 1976