Text: Gay Dad. Dateline.

Started feeling blue,

Back in 1972,

Barefoot in the street,

I had patches on my jeans,

And high up in the hills,

They were nodding out on pills and booze,

A Godawful sad affair,

And the lights were there to thrill you,



My, oh, my,

We lived from time to time and day by day,

It's the modern way,



Look at me I'm speeding through,

Self possessive just like you,

We can smile,

Oh yeah,

We can smile,



1984 when school was out for summer,

I was hot for teacher,

Well you should've seen our double feature,

Started feeling fine,

In the winter of 1989,

Such and underrated year,

But it's gone, gone, gone,



My, oh, my,

We lived from time to time and day by day,

It's the only way,

I know,



Look at me I'm speeding through,

Self possessive just like you,

We can dance,

We can dance,

The day away,



1999 it's the end of modern time,

Panic in your eyes,

So if you can't get muscles then you better get yourself a tan,

And be a real man,

Cos' the heroes that you worshipped are all gone, gone, gone,



My, oh, my,

We lived from time to time and day by day,

It's the modern way,

Yeah,



Look at me I'm speeding through,

Self possessive just like you,

We can dance,

We can dance,

The night away,