Lyrics
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Old Leif Eriksson he came too
You loved me and I loved you a long time ago
Watergate was front-page news
Vincent van Gogh got the blues
And I helped you pick out new shoes a long time ago
It was a long time ago
So nobody really knows what happened
A long time ago
Then everybody left and went home
Washington crossed the Delaware
Davy Crockett killed a bear
And you cried when they first cut your hair a long time ago
Francis Drake set out to sea
Moses set his people free
And you said I watched too much TV a long time ago
It was a long time ago
So nobody really knows what happened
A long time ago
Then everybody left and went home
Benjamin Franklin flew a kite
Thomas Edison tied it to a light
And I waited up for you all night a long time ago
Amelia knew just where she stood
Will Rogers moved to Hollywood
But when they went, they went for good a long time ago
It was a long time ago
So nobody really knows what happened
A long time ago
Then everybody left and went home