Joey Green Band

An ode to one helluva year! New version featuring Justin "JJ" Jordan on guitar! “ 1977 “ I grew up in a family that wasn’t quite right. Mama on the couch, daddy out all night. I think they loved each though it seemed insane. Caught in the middle of a losin” game! Now, I’m not sayin” that we wasn”t loved. Daddy worked hard, mama was a dove. But the distance between them was just too wide. And when I look back now, I know why she cried. That was you, that was me, that was then---1977. Life was sweet, it was sometimes cruel---1977. My freshman year, I was a kind-a small. All my friends were gettin’ tall. I dressed like a clown, acted like one too. When I think back now it was all I could do. My sophomore year, I found my way. I joined my first band and we started to play. High-school dances on a Saturday night. Playin” Rock & Roll and feelin” right. She was the girl next door and she drove me mad. The first real lover, I ever had. What was missin’ back home to my surprise, I found it in her heart it w