Toy Dolls - Back In '79

Just like we had f-f-f-feared

The mates we had have all disappeared

Nicky, Flip, Paul, Fat Bob and Ted

They all done a bunk and all got wed

Out with the lads for a laugh and a beer

Those days are no longer 'ere

With a lump in yer throat and a shiver down yer spine

They're the memories of 1979

Oh that's where we wanna be

1979

Oh that's where we wanna be

Back in '79

Flip a punk s-s-suddenly aged

He sold his leather jacket just to get engaged

Bobby was a skinhead, but Bobby's hair grew

All for a bird who made him b-b-blue

We never thought we'de see the day

Teddy with a Mrs in the family way

Oh what went wrong? things were just fine

So take me back to 1979

Oh that's where we wanna be

1979

Oh that's where we wanna be

Back in '79

Freddie was a free bloke f-f-full o' life

Now Freddie is a bag o' misery with a wife

Everynight George hit the town

By 8'o clock now he's in his dressing gown

They ain't the lads we knew before

You don't see them down the pub no more

They're discontented mates o' mine

Who wanna be back in 1979

Oh that's where we wanna be

1979

Oh that's where we wanna be

Back in '79