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, didnt 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, didnt 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



[Instrumental Interlude]



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, didnt 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, didnt 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