Let me tell you something about the 20's see,
They had more swing than even you and me.
They roared and roared until a quarter to three,

But things were more fragile than they seemed.
Flappers hear the beat?
Come 'Charleston' with me

With your pearls and curls come give it a whirl.

Soldiers were coming back from the war

Our economy picked up with a roar.
We sold our arms to both sides you see
And grew our nation's economy.

The USA grew big and strong
Not another 10 years till things went wrong.


Prohibition came and took the booze away.
So men couldn't go and drink all day.
Thanks to women they passed the bill

The Janes and Flappers were climbing the hill.
Women could vote in 1920
Suffrage trying to set them free.


I'd find speakeasies here and there
The whispers and bootleggers everywhere

The alcohol trade had grown and grown
Thanks to fat cat gangsters like Al Capone.
Harlem rocked for both blacks and whites

Blacks making jazz music day and night.

Harding as chief until 1923

Became a US mockery
Then business savvy Coolidge came along
And crunched some good numbers to make the dollar strong

Then Wall Street was the place to be
To make your business boom really rapidly.


Credit and installments seemed to be alright
Until the credit debt went and piled up too high
USA became the hottest nation

So we had to make new rules for immigration
So the quota system became all shiny and new
From every country we only took a few.


Let me tell you something about the 20's see
They had more swing than even you and me

They roared and roared till a quarter to three
But things were more fragile than they seemed
Flapper feel the beat?

Let's party like Gatsby
With your pearls and curls let's give it a whirl.