80’s Kid

The Soviet Union, Reagan and Thatcher
Tiananmen Square, Chernobyl Reactor
Legwarmers, Transformers, Compact Discs
Mobile phones the size of a brick

Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Falklands War
David Hasselhoff singing on the Berlin Wall
Michael Jackson…but it’s OK to like him
Bill Cosby…but it’s OK to like him

I’m from a decade so significant
It says so on my birth certificate…
I was born in the eighties, the specific time
was September the 12th, 1989…

I’m an 80s kid, just about
This is how a child of the 80s turns out
It’s central to my identity
I’m an 80s kid, technically

I’m an 80s kid by the skin of my teeth
It shaped who I am, and what I’ve acheived
I was alive for three months of it confined to a crib
It doesn’t change the fact - I’m technically an 80s kid!

I wore high-waisted Denim, bright coloured lycra
I listened to my walkman on my BMX Bike(-ah)
as a tyke I can confirm, I had a perm
and wore shoulderpads since I was a sperm

You might think I’m too young for this
But I worshipped Madonna, Motley Crue and The Smiths
Born September ’89 and so on reflection
I’ve been around since ’88 if you believe life begins at conception

Top Gun, Die Hard, Back to the Future
My Little Pony, Apple Mac Computers
Crack-cocaine, The Rubik’s cube
He was born in the 90s! Screw this dude!

I’m an 80s kid, just about
This is how a child of the 80s turns out
So all stop disrespecting me
Cos I’m an 80s kid, technically

I’m an 80s kid, so I’m better than you
You wish you were born in the 80s too
It was almost the 90s, god forbid
but I was born very prematurely, so I’m technically an 80s kid!

50s: You’re Jealous
60s: You’re Jealous
70s: You’re Jealous
90s: You’ll never own a house
Best time to be a baby?
Nineteen. Eighties.

We’re 80s Kids, there’s no doubt
This is how a child of the 80s turns out
I’d hate to be you, I’m glad to be me
We’re 80s Kids, for eternity

We’re 80s kids, so we’re better than you
You wish you were born in the 80s too
Thanks to that condom that broke when it did
Cos due to faulty contraception, I’m technically an 80s kid!