Operator, please connect me with 1982

I need to make apologies for what I didn't do

I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through

And now it's clear that she is what I should have held onto

They say hindsight's 20/20, but I'm nearly goin' blind

From starin' at her photograph and wishing she was mine

It's that same ol' lost love story, it's sad, but it's true

There was a time when she was mine in 1982

Postman, can you sell me a special kind of stamp

One to send a letter from this crazy lonely man

Back into the wasted years of my living past

I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last

They say hindsight's 20/20, but I'm nearly goin' blind

From starin' at her photograph and wishing she was mine

It's that same ol' lost love story, it's sad, but it's true

There was a time when she was mine in 1982

Losing my mind goin' back in time to 1982