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1984
Singer/Songwriter
1984 was released on December 18, 2018 by Mark Lint as a part of the album Mark Lint's Dry Folk
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Release DateDecember 18, 2018
LabelMark Lint
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM121

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Lint
Mark Lint
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty
Composer
Joshua "Budo" Karp
Joshua "Budo" Karp
Composer
Sam Wishowski
Sam Wishowski
Composer
Tyler Andrews
Tyler Andrews
Composer
Tyler Dopps
Tyler Dopps
Composer

Lyrics

It was 1984; I was thirteen.
I had a plaid vest and short shorts
And a clip-on tie I wore to go dancing
I was the sole boy learning tango not sports
I was lonely, yeah; I was horny, yeah
I had rude stains on my sheets
It was 1984; I was ruled by my needs
It was 1984; I was thirteen
And I was well stuck in my ways
Love would knock me to the floor
It would hurt me. I'd have
Mad dreams for a couple of days
'Bout a living dress who could not care less
And I'd blush furiously
What was nothing much to her
Felt like everything to me
Was it a thought crime?
A waste of my time?
I fell in love so furiously
So many times, so gracelessly
It was 1984, I was subject
I was ruled over and chained
Love and often blood and gore
Made me thirsty
I would drink deep and get stupid and stained
By its thought control, it consumed me whole
I felt flushed out in the heat
It was 1984, and I was thoroughly beat
Was it a thought crime?
A waste of my time?
I fell in love or what I thought was love
It didn't matter then, well, not enough
To make me less blind
To own my own mind
I was born, I was triggered, but which came first?
Was I seduced by the moment, or built to burst?
It was 1984; I was thirteen
Weighed in at 100 and change
Standing thin and bent and poor like a string bean
I grew too fast on a diet of rage
And I lost my youth and I searched for truth
But there was not much to be had
It was 1984; it was a little bit bad
I fell in love so easily,
So many times, so fruitlessly
So many times, embarrassingly
It was 1984; it was history
It can be swept clean or just changed
I was hoping there was more, but there's just me
There were no witnesses to see what I claimed
My old store of strife, the artistic life
That was all, all that I had
It was 1984, and I can't call it bad
Written by: Ben Haggerty, Joshua "Budo" Karp, Sam Wishowski, Tyler Andrews, Tyler Dopps
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