To the dance stuff we were hep.
Mindless we lived, and mindless we loved,
And mindless we passed away—
Which all goes to show that long ago
Our brains were the brains of today.
The world turned on “in the lathe of time”
With many a mighty twist.
We were normal then, beyond your ken.
No watch adorned your wrist!
We were amphibians, scaled and tailed,