The New Eighties
from Acting Thick for Money by The Wind-up Birds
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First released on the EP 'Songs Speeches Dancing', December 2005
lyrics
The game is on so it makes sense
To coat yourself with confidence
Bronzed and bitter, here’s your shot
Its time to show us what you’ve got
Act like a camera is fixed on your frame
And hide all traces from where you came
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
I saw the signs in ’98
I tried to tell you
It was too late
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
No one listens to this stuff
Its just me
Kicking off
Its time to grab the things you crave
Elbow the rest
Bold is brave
Business arrangement
Now called love
Contract handy if you’ve had enough
Emotion checked except crocodile tears
For the special occasions
Like your bottled beers
Or your bottled fears
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
No one listens to this stuff
Just me kicking off
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
A dormant signal in the brain
Now the eighties are here again
The names have changed but not the faces
Its just the eighties without the braces
Timeless ideals
Now defeated
Its just the eighties being repeated
And I don’t know why I don’t know why
Please tell me why
Please tell me why
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
I saw the signs in ’98
I tried to tell you
It was too late
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
A dormant signal in my brain
And the eighties are here again
The names have changed but not the faces
Its just the eighties without the braces
Timeless ideals
Now defeated
Its just the eighties being repeated
To coat yourself with confidence
Bronzed and bitter, here’s your shot
Its time to show us what you’ve got
Act like a camera is fixed on your frame
And hide all traces from where you came
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
I saw the signs in ’98
I tried to tell you
It was too late
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
No one listens to this stuff
Its just me
Kicking off
Its time to grab the things you crave
Elbow the rest
Bold is brave
Business arrangement
Now called love
Contract handy if you’ve had enough
Emotion checked except crocodile tears
For the special occasions
Like your bottled beers
Or your bottled fears
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
No one listens to this stuff
Just me kicking off
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
A dormant signal in the brain
Now the eighties are here again
The names have changed but not the faces
Its just the eighties without the braces
Timeless ideals
Now defeated
Its just the eighties being repeated
And I don’t know why I don’t know why
Please tell me why
Please tell me why
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
I saw the signs in ’98
I tried to tell you
It was too late
Take flight
Run in fear
The new eighties are here
A dormant signal in my brain
And the eighties are here again
The names have changed but not the faces
Its just the eighties without the braces
Timeless ideals
Now defeated
Its just the eighties being repeated
credits
from Acting Thick for Money,
released April 16, 2011
Paul Ackroyd - vocals
Ben Dawson - bass
Mat Forrest - guitar
Oli Jefferson - drums
Written by The Wind-Up Birds. Lyrics by Ackroyd
Paul Ackroyd - vocals
Ben Dawson - bass
Mat Forrest - guitar
Oli Jefferson - drums
Written by The Wind-Up Birds. Lyrics by Ackroyd
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