Boomer Manifesto - It's All Right

1963

In 1963, we lost our 35th President John F. Kennedy to the rifle firing assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, who was also gunned down only two days later. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Civil rights, integration and Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address were some of the hot topics of 1963.

There were several song titles on the Top 100 Hits from 1963 list that I reviewed for our manifesto:
The End Of The World by Skeeter Davis (NO WAY)
Blowin’ In The Wind Peter, Paul and Mary version
I’m Leaving It All Up To You, Dale and Grace (Making the world a better place is up to all of us)

However, I selected the Impressions song, “It’s All Right” as the fourth song for our Boomer Manifesto.
Despite the lousy economy, high unemployment, record setting home foreclosures and the ongoing war in Iraq and Afghanistan you have to believe, hope and/or have faith that “it’s all right.” Or at the very least, it will be all right. If not, then the alternative is to live with a defeatist and negative attitude.

It's All Right, Impressions
When you wake up early in the morning
Feelin' sad like so many of us do
Hum a little soul
Make life your goal
And surely something's got to come to you
And say it's all right (it's all right)
Say it's all right (it's all right)

It's all right, have a good time
'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right
Now everybody clap your hands
Give yourself a chance
You got soul, and everybody knows
That it's all right, whoa, it's all right

The world will always be in turmoil. Always has been, always will be. But that shouldn’t stop us or prevent us from keeping a positive mental attitude about life. Make life your goal. Give yourself a chance. And just as importantly, give others a chance as well.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? - George Eliot

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