Ah, fuck it, I quit the future
I'ma live in the past
What's it to ya?
Things were better
I was younger
A little thinner
'Cause I had hunger
Silver platter future
You have spoiled your youth
They have debilitating choice
They got a megaphone for their unheard voice
Back in my day I had nothing
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
Ah, come off it
Those machines are gonna eat you first
I want no part of the modern world
'Cause that bubble's gonna burst
I remember the summer of '81
I was tanned and sleeping with everyone
I got a job in the factory around a month later
I lived off 80 pounds a week for that proving labour
But we actually danced on a Friday night
We smoked inside the pub and we started old-fashioned fights
Well, Thatcher's Britain, it was hard, it was grim
But I only wanna visit the places I done already been
Well, back in my day I had nothing
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
Back in my day I had nothing
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
We lived in happy misery
