i was too young for disco
too late for the hop
didn’t get to woodstock
missed the birth of bop
and i wonder what it was like in real time
all night jammin’
in that kansas city town
lester blew his horn charlie dug the sound
and i wonder what it was like in real time
do you know
when your standing in a moment
i’d really like to know
i learned how we began
from a book that i read
it all sounded good but i’m not that easily led
i wonder what it was like in real time
a man had a dream
that all could be free
and woke up everybody in 1963
i wonder what it was like in real time
i was playing in berlin
on the west side of town
sometime during the gig the wall came down
and i was right there in real time
it was the middle of a monday
the sun in the sky
the world opened up when i heard my baby cry
i was right there in real time