Happy Misery

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