Rocky burned up the movie screen,
and I was turnin' seventeen
Tie-dyed shirts and Levis jeans,
lookin' cool at the Dairy Queen
Tryin' to impress a young woman
And 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 moonlit sky,
a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit,
My high school days I packed away,
set my sights on a bigger stage
Jimmy Carter moved to DC,
a Georgia boy just like me
nothin' much that we needed
And 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 moonlit sky,
a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit,
Eight track tapes were still in style
and Elvis was still alive
Wonder Woman sure looked fine,
Bionic Man was still Prime Time
we kept on tryin' 'till we got it right
And 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 moonlit sky,
a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit,
didn't know who we were yet
Built a fire that just wont quit
We built a fire that just wont quit,