This song lists various social and political events that took place in the 1960s, including the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the moon landing.
Some of the events mentioned in the song include:
- The Berlin Wall going up
- The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan appearance
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- The assassination of John F. Kennedy
- The March on Washington
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965
- The moon landing
- The Vietnam War
- The Summer of Love
- Woodstock
- The Kent State shootings
- The Stonewall Riots