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jen*
3-19-03, 03:04 PM
This isn't 80s Country music, but I didn't know where else to post it. I was running through the radio stations this morning and this song was on the local country station. The first line caught my attention and I stopped to listen. Sure did bring a smile to my face. :)

Nineteen Somethin': Mark Wills.

Written by David Lee and writer unknown.
( © Careers BMG Music Publishing.)
© 2002, Mercury Records.
From forthcoming "Greatest Hits" album, due for release November 2002.

Oh yeah.

I saw Star Wars at least eight times,
Had the Packman pattern memorised.
And I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong, yeah.
Oh, I was Roger Staubach in my backyard,
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards,
And a couple of Evil Knievil scars on my right arm.
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died.
An' my momma cried:

Well, it was nineteen-seventy-something,
In the world that I grew up in.
Farah Fawcett hair-do days,
Bell bottoms and eight-track tapes.
Lookin' back now I can see me.
Oh man, did I look cheesy.
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin':
Oh, it was nineteen-seventy-something.

It was the dawning of a new decade,
We got our first microwave,
Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideburns off.
I took the stickers off a-my Rubik's cube.
Watched MTV all afternoon.
My first love was Daisy Duke in them cut-off jeans.
Space shuttle fell out of the sky.
And the whole world cried.

Well, it was nineteen-eighty-something,
In the world that I grew up in.
Skatin' rinks and black Trans-Ams.
Big hair and parachute pants.
An' lookin' back now I can see me.
Oh man, did I look cheesy.
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin':
Oh, it was nineteen-eighty-something.

Now I got a mortgage and an SUV,
But all this responsibility,
Makes me wish sometimes:

It was nineteen-eighty-something,
In the world that I grew up in.
Skatin' rinks and black Trans-Ams.
Big hair and parachute pants.
An' lookin' back now I can see me.
Oh man, did I look cheesy.
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin':
Oh, it was nineteen-eighty-something.

Nineteen-seventy-something.
Oh, it was nineteen something.

LOSTNTHE80S
3-19-03, 03:23 PM
*jen... I think Stacey started a thread a while back on this but that's ok. :) I love that song! Still haven't seen the video yet though. Song brings back tons of memories. My daughters love it too.

Iluvthe80s
3-19-03, 05:24 PM
Yes Jen, here it is ;):

http://www.80sxchange.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16884

80sTrivia
3-19-03, 06:09 PM
Again, not a big fan of country music today, but the lyrics to this song really have great significance to me! :)

jen*
3-20-03, 05:38 AM
Sorry guys, I didn't realize this had been covered before. I heard it yesterday for the first time, and really enjoyed it.

ElectricYouth
4-06-03, 04:17 AM
lol 80strivia! They just don't make 'em like "Where've You Been", huh?

Greenway88
7-31-03, 09:52 AM
I just heard this for the first time last week. I really liked it.

kangaRoos
7-31-03, 12:09 PM
I've heard it, though I'm not crazy about the song, I love they lyrics. I only have one problem with it, he skipped the 90's. I don't know if there's much to be said about the 90's, but it could've been kinda cool.

ValJ
8-02-03, 12:41 AM
I believe whoever wrote the song was referring to the 90s and now as "Now I've got a mortgage and an SUV, but all this responsibility...." Because the 90s are when SUVs became the norm, and when he had to grow up. Of course, that's just my take on it. I've been wrong before! :lol:

Which reminds me of another song: I've been wrong before, I'm no stranger to a slamming door, As far as I can see this is just one more....But I've been wrong before!

DJ, please tell us what that is and who it's by, because all I can remember is it's a woman and it's playing in my head. :lol: Been drinking an iddy bit....

TJ
8-02-03, 12:19 PM
Originally posted by ValJ
Which reminds me of another song: I've been wrong before, I'm no stranger to a slamming door, As far as I can see this is just one more....But I've been wrong before!

DJ, please tell us what that is and who it's by, because all I can remember is it's a woman and it's playing in my head. :lol: Been drinking an iddy bit....

Don't forget about me Val! :p

It is "I've Been Wrong Before" by Deborah Allen.

I really like her song " Baby I Lied."

ValJ
8-02-03, 02:06 PM
I LOVE!!! Baby, I Lied!! I used to hear it on the radio all the time back in the day...but I don't remember all of it. Just this part, which I think was the chorus:

Baby, I lied
When I told you I could walk away
And forget about the love we made
I swear in my heart
I was tellin' the truth at the time
Baby, I lied

TJ
8-02-03, 06:36 PM
Here it is:

Did I say I wouldnt be hurt if our love just didnt work?
Did I say that Id be okay if you said good-bye?
And did I promise you I could take it if we were through,
and forget about these feelings inside?

Baby I lied When I told you I could walk away
Baby I lied And forget about the love we made.
I swear on my heart I was telling the truth at the time.
Baby I lied. Baby I lied.

And did I ever tell myself I could always find someone else?
Did I say if you left today itd be no surprise?
Did I ever leave any doubt I could hold up if you walked out?
I know I told you that I could survive.

Baby I lied When I told you I could walk away
Baby I lied And forget about the love we made
I swear on my heart I was telling the truth at the time
Baby I lied. Baby I lied.

And now that I can see you walking out of my life
Saying good-bye, I realize, baby, baby, baby