I thought since I used the song “Palisades Park” in theme 4, I may as well use the lyrics for this theme. The author of this song is Chuck Barris, yes, THAT Chuck Barris of “Gong Show” fame (for those who remember), and author of the book “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”. I think they made a movie from the book. Go figure! (By the way, in case you didn’t know, if you right click the song title & open in a new tab, you’ll be able to see the lyrics as the song plays)
Last night I took a walk after dark,
A swingin’ place called Palisades Park;
To have some fun and see what I could see,
That’s where the girls are.~
~I took a ride on the shoot the shoot,
The girl I sat beside was awful cute;
And when we stopped she was holdin’ hands with me
My heart was flyin’~
~Up a like a rocket ship,
Down a like a roller coaster,
Fast like a loop the loop
And around like the merry-go-round~
~We ate and ate at a hot dog stand,
We danced around to a rockin’ roll band;
And when I could,
I gave that girl a hug, in the Tunnel of Love~
~You’ll never know how great a kiss can feel,
When you’ve stopped at the top of the Ferris Wheel,
Where I fell in love,
Down at Palisades Park
Down at Palisades Park