I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff, they put inside
Stretch Armstrong
I was Roger Moore back in my backyard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evil Knievel scars
On my right arm

I was a kid when Elvis died
And my momma cried

It was nineteen seventy-somethin'
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Fawcett hairdo days
Bell bottoms and two track tapes
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 seventy-somethin'

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 my Rubik's Cube
I 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

It was nineteen eighty-somethin'
In the world that I grew up in
Skatin' rinks and black Trans-Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
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-somethin'

Now I've got a mortgage and an SUV
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-Arms
Big hair and parachute pants
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-somethin'
Nineteen seventy-somethin'
Oh it was nineteen somethin'