[Verse 1]

Rocky burned up the movie screen

When I was turning seventeen

Tie-dyed shirts and Levi jeans

Looking cool at the Dairy Queen

Trying to impress a young woman in her Sunday dress

[Chorus]

That was 1976, didn't know who I was yet

A pretty little blonde-haired girl

Stole my heart and changed my world

Two kids and a moonlite sky

A little love on a Friday night

Built a fire that just won't quit

And that was 1976

[Verse 2]

My high-school days are packed away

Set my sights on a bigger stage

Jimmy Carter moved to D.C

A Georgia boy just like me

Life seemed easy, nothing much that we needed

[Chorus]

That was 1976, didn't know who I was yet

A pretty little blonde-haired girl

Stole my heart and changed my world

Two kids and a moonlite sky

A little love on a Friday night

Built a fire that just won't quit

And that was 1976

[Verse 3]

Eight-track tapes were still in style

And Elvis was still alive

Wonder Woman sure looked fine

Bionic Man was still prime time

And that girl I liked

We kept on trying till we got it right

[Chorus]

That was 1976, didn't know who I was yet

A pretty little blonde-haired girl

Stole my heart and changed my world

Two kids and a moonlite sky

A little love on a Friday night

Built a fire that just won't quit

And that was 1976

[Outro]

Yeah that was 1976, didn't know who we were yet

Built a fire that just won't quit

That was 1976

We built a fire that just won't quit

That was 1976