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Way Back When

Release date: 28th April 2008

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"Way Back When" is a track by ABC, from the album Traffic, released 28th April 2008. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about ABC.

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ABC

ABC

Lyrics

Way Back When

I saw you back in '59

You were booing Elvis

Trying hard to act so sublime

And get this

You said that country boy was never good

Burning his records in the neighbourhood

Dust in the dawn and drawing blood

I see you

I've seen you before

I've seen you back then

I'll see you again my friend

In the way back when

I saw you back in '68

Smiling through a Woodstock haze

Telling anyone who'd listen

You'd be voting Nixon

Said Hendrix was just a faze

I saw you back in '77

At The Buzzcocks gig

Wearing safety pins and diamond rings

Said you were dating Sid

I've seen you before

I've seen you back then

I'll see you again my friend

In the way back when

(repeat)

I saw you back in '88

Some place deep in Shoom

Dropping Es like vitamins

You said house was doomed

You say that Izzy made you dizzy

A liar got you higher

Ripping me up like a sabre-toothed tiger

I see you

I see you

I see through you

I've seen you before

I've seen you back then

I'll see you again my friend

In the way back when

(repeat)

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28th April 2008
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2008
  1. —Caroline
  2. —Love Is Strong
  3. —Ride
  4. —Sixteen Seconds to Choose
  5. —Validation
  6. —Way Back When
  7. —Minus Love
  8. —The Very First Time
  9. —One Way Traffic
  10. —Fugitives
  11. —Lose Yourself
  12. —Life Shapes You

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