# "Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4th of July..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289 "2011-08-27T14:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/161 "2011-09-07T16:49:47Z")
I was thinking maybe later on, we could get together for while. It’s been such a long time and I really DO miss your smile. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/162 "2011-09-07T17:34:12Z")
I looked at my watch, it was 9:43, and everytime I spinned she spinned with me. And we reeled, reelin’ and rockin’. We was reelin’ and a rockin’, rollin’ till the break of dawn. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/163 "2011-09-08T03:21:43Z")
I know at the first light of dawn I’ll be leaving, and tonight will be all I have left to recall. O What have I done, why have I done it? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/164 "2011-09-12T14:57:38Z")
I met a boy called Frank Mills On September 12th, right here In front of the Waverly But unfortunately I lost his address.☹ ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/165 "2011-09-12T16:36:12Z")
Sorry to be late to the thread. What day is it? And in what month? The clock never seemed so alive. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/166 "2011-09-12T17:13:21Z")
Now the time has come; there’s no place to run. I might get burned up by the sun, but I had my fun. I’ve been loved and put aside, I’ve been crushed by the tumbling tide and my soul has been psychedelicized. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/167 "2011-09-12T18:59:53Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > Sorry to be late to the thread. What day is it? And in what month? The clock never seemed so alive. I think it’s time for a cool change… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/168 "2011-09-12T19:28:59Z")
I got got got got no time… no time left for you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/169 "2011-09-12T19:58:03Z")
If I could save time in a bottle… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/170 "2011-09-12T21:18:45Z")
Time time time see what’s become of me ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/171 "2011-09-12T22:59:18Z")
Tie me kangeroo down, sport! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/172 "2011-09-13T03:00:37Z")
[Rockin’ is ma’ bizness, and bidnezz is good.](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDsQtwIwBA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiKv_YYzdI2w&rct=j&q=The%20Four%20Horsemen%20band&ei=MMZuTtH8NObf0QHGgpSfCg&usg=AFQjCNGILKghWtIyrsrzz_mR8vRDI-vkwg&cad=rja) ([Nobody said it was easy.](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDMQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzcveGZv799w&rct=j&q=The%20Four%20Horsemen%20band&ei=MMZuTtH8NObf0QHGgpSfCg&usg=AFQjCNE6lPnRqr90ajm8Y8GD18fHG08BfA&cad=rja)) ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/173 "2011-09-13T22:08:35Z")
Well, it’s easy Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/174 "2011-09-14T02:14:45Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > This thread makes me as sad as a white bird… in a golden cage… In a white room…with black curtains… ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/175 "2011-09-14T03:45:37Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Well, it’s easy Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay. Were you sitting there when seventy-three men sailed up to the San Francisco bay, got off their ship and said what they had to say? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/176 "2011-09-14T03:58:59Z")
“Sweet cream ladies, forward march; The world owes you a living Sweet cream ladies, do your part, Think of what you’re giving” ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/177 "2011-09-15T02:49:44Z")
I’m sure it was summer in the city, 'cause the back of my neck was getting dirty and gritty. ---
**Author:** ![Rhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3be4f8/32.png) [@Rhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/178 "2011-09-15T04:50:17Z")
That would be ecstacy You and me endlessly Groovin’… On a Sunday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/179 "2011-09-15T05:51:22Z")
Sunny afternoons that make me Feel so warm inside Have turned as cold and grey as ashes As I feel the embers die… Sunday will never be the same. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/180 "2011-09-15T06:13:49Z")
[Rainy Day and Mondays always bring you down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0)? Is That what you freakin’ Killjoys are trying to say? I like my melancholy with a beam of hope… [Sunshine on my Shoulders](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvjNHx_pfX0). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=10)