i smoked consulates and park drive
drank nookie brown
learned how to skive
polo mints to hide my breath from my mum
did a little weed cuz it felt like fun
did a little bit of speed if my friend had some
nicked volkswagen badges i'm a beastie boys son
me so horny
me so young and i still get my washing done
auntie joan died of cancer god didn't have an answer
rhythm was a dancer
any room for a chancer? that's me in the corner
thanks sir!
i wore astute track suits
british nike shoes
kangol hat like ll cool's
before i was 'avin it
'avin it large
they nicked the bmx from out my garage
knew it was theo from off the estate cuz every time he'd see me
he'd smile like we were mates
from then on in i'd have to walk to me nan's
and i'd dream my dreams through a sea of prams
like a hooligan on the football stands
and i'd throw the v's to leeds and west ham
then i ran
i ran so far away down scotia road to a taxi bay
then i ran again cuz i couldn't pay
a muslim didn't get his fare that day
i apologise today
things are better when they start
that's how the 80s broke my heart
and who are you calling poof? you like wham
man
i hate that stuff
and then my grandad died and left a hole in the family and lots of women had to nanny me
school was a laugh
they didn't have add
thick was the term they used for me
repeatedly
take my breath away take my breath away
bidly bidly bidly bom
pass it on the left hand side
right turn
clive
that girl in the fourth year
got pregnant and she was raised catholic
brilliant!
i cried
she cried
we cried
our youth died
drank cider in the cemetery
the year above us had discovered e and i said it weren't for me
?12.50? i could rob me mum's purse and buy one up torquay
met a girl on monday
drank fizzy pop on tuesday
fingered her on wednesday and on thursday and friday and on saturday
dumped by sunday
things are better when they start
that's how the 80s broke my heart
the wonder years
i've played my part
that's how the 80s broke my heart
like i said
i lost my virginity to a girl called anne-marie
well she said she fancied me
and then she said fuck me" and i thought 'fuck me