83

[Verse 1]

I've these dreams I'm walking home

Home when it used to be

And everything is as it was

Frozen in front of me

Here I stand, 6 feet small

Romanticizing years ago

It's a bitter sweet feeling

Hearing "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio

[Pre-Chorus]

And these days

I wish I was 6 again

Oh, make me a red cape

I want to be Superman

[Chorus]

Oh, if only my life was more like 1983

All these things would be

More like they were at the start of me

Heaven made in '83

[Verse 2]

Thinking about my brother, Ben

I miss him every day

He looks just like his brother, John

But on an 18 month delay

Here I stand, 6 feet small

And smiling because I'm scared as hell

Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie

Where the actor's names have changed, oh well

[Pre-Chorus]

And these days

I wish I was 6 again

Oh, make me a red cape

I want to be Superman

[Chorus]

Oh, if only my life was more like 1983

All these things would be

More like they were at the start of me

Heaven made in '83

[Verse 3]

And most my memories have escaped me

Or confused themselves with dreams

If heaven's all we want it to be

Send your prayers to me

Care of 1983

You can paint that house a rainbow of colors

Rip out the floorboards

Replace the shutters but

That's my plastic in the dirt

[Outro]

Whatever happened to my

Whatever happened to my

Whatever happened to my lunchbox?

When came the day that it got thrown away

And don't you think I should have had some say in that decision?