The song was released in 1996. It was written and recorded in the wrong decade. it would have been a hit if it had been released just 10 years earlier.
From Wikipedia,
Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise is an American band. It formed in 1994 when former members of the band Second Self met the blind street performer Robert Bradley. Bradley was born in Alabama, and gained musical experience and spirit by singing as a child at The Alabama School for the Blind. He had spent several years in Detroit by 1994, performing occasionally on the street, and playing on Saturdays in Detroit’s Eastern Market, when guitarist Michael Nehra, bassist Andrew Nehra, and drummer Jeff Fowlkes overheard Bradley through an open window while rehearsing for a new project. After listening to Bradley sing for an hour, they invited him up to the studio to record several acoustic songs, then asked him to become their vocalist.
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time, when I was in high school
I was in love with you, lady and you treated me so cool
I was drivin’ a Chevy ’72 had 4 on the floor, girl
A hundred twenty it would do
I remember Marvin Gaye, singin’
Let’s Get It On
There was a war, baby, somewhere across the sea
I didn’t wanna go and fight, girl, ’cause you were really lovin’ me
I remember Martin Luther King
Lord he was the man, baby, that gave us all a dream
I remember Marvin Gaye, singin’
Let’s Get It On
Don’t play with my love, no
I remember Marvin Gaye, singin’, Let’s Get It On
We used to have sweet music in the park
Lord up at Monterey, a they sang throughout the dark
You used to wear girl, those hot pants
When you strolled down the hall
All the boys wanted a chance
I remember Marvin Gaye, singin’
Let’s Get It On
Don’t play with my love, no
I remember Otis Redding, Sittin’ at the Dock of the Bay
Ahh, he went away
I remember Sam Cooke ya’ll, Bring It On Home To Me
From your love I can’t be free
I remember Elvis Presley, and the Blue Suede Shoes
Ahh they gave me the blues
I remember Marvin Gaye, singin’ Let’s Get It On
Free Fallin' 