Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.Yeah we tease him a lot cause we’ve got him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.Who’d have thought they’d lead ya (Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya)Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re turned around.Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.Theme song to the ’70s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter”
. . . and I do believe that’s the Avenue U El up there.
One of the many, many great things about the Internet is that you can “visit” home anytime you like, whether it’s to get your “fix” or to confirm a memory or just for fun. Here’s three fine sites:
And this one I like because it has pictures from Bay Ridge, including Cannon Ball Park. I used to love to sit there as a kid and read Georgette Heyer Regency Romances and write poetry in black-and-white composition books.
Cannonball Park – Chrystalinks
