[Verse]
Im so glad I was born in 1982,
Right when Star Wars was very new.
We didn't realise we had it so great.
Growing up on a Blackpool council estate.
the kids all had the same routine.
Bath night Sunday, make sure your arse is clean.
We all had the same pop culture, and it was great.
I wish I was still 8 on a council estate.
Thundercats, He-Man, She-Ra too.
Trevor McDonald reading the evening news.
Michael Jackson - Thriller, songs on tape.
We had to be in bed by half past 8.
[Chorus]
Back when life wasnt so loud,
Tape decks blaring, Britpop proud.
Spice Girls, Blur, and a touch of bonkers.
Happy hard-core, bet we looked like plonkers
With jelly shoes and gel in waves.
Clear a sil, our spots look great.
Nintendo or Sega, the playground wars.
Coca-Cola hi-fi's, children's ward.
We were council kids—but we owned that stage.
God I'd like to go back to being 8 on a council estate.
[Verse 2]
Grandma rented the telly back then.
If it went off you put in 50 pence right in.
Same with the lecky or the gas metre too, playing on the park, outside loos
Only four channels but we didn't care
Going Live, Newsround, Fresh Prince of Bel air
We Didn’t miss Gladiators,the Crystal Maze
If you missed it then it was tough shit babes
Everyone Had a blue Provident book. Trying to pay for Christmas when your mum was stuck.
Spot-the-ball dreams and the pools, The man at number 6 has won a bob or 2..
Pop man, potato man, video shop. We'd go to Blockbuster and we'd rent a lot.
Umbro, Gola, Hi-Tec Nicks,
Kappa poppers, Reebok Class-ics. sweet-shop, push pops, and Mr freeze.
Ice cream van, mind the kids please.
NaffNaff jackets, Mr spliffy, eclipse, page 3 wraps your chips from the local chippy.
Blue Peter. Newsround
Banana man. Bodger and Badger. fireman sam
Nintendo, Sega amiga too. PlayStation, dream cast, we love you.
Payphones by the chippy,
“Is your mum in? Tell her it’s Vicky.”
No mobiles, no Wifi, our brains werent fried,
Just a Sky dish sitting on some guy’s high rise.
We lived for Woolies penny mix, Argos catalogue circling Christmas gifts.
Tamagotchis dying while we read Goosebumps.
Penny mix, goody bags, sherbert wands.
[Chorus]
Back when life wasnt so loud,
Tape decks blaring, Britpop proud.
Oasis, Muse, and a touch of bonkers.
Happy hard-core, bet we looked like plonkers
With jelly shoes and gel in waves.
In set made our curtains look great..
Nintendo or Sega, the playground wars.
Coca-Cola hi-fi's, children's ward.
We were council kids—but we owned that stage.
I'd like to go back to being 8 on a council estate
[Outro]
Now they call it vintage, retro, old-school,
But we just called it life—and it was just so cool.
From the playground to the chip shop light,
We made memories every single night.
A council kid, but I always knew—
That sometimes the richest memories made,
Are the ones without money ever getting paid.
Take Me Back. Back to the glory days of childhood.
[Guy laughs and speaks]
Sick mate
Let's do that again.
What about Mr Blobby.
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