84

[Chorus 1]

'84 was a pretty good year

I lost my heart back then in

1984 was a pretty good year

I lost my heart to 1984

[Verse 1]

It was 1984

And I was nearly 16 years old

Thatcher was the minister in charge

All the miners were on strike

And my dad had gone away

And the Smiths were riding high up in the charts

It was there on Broad Oak Road

While I was waiting in the cold

For my mate when you came along

And heaven knows that it was like a heart attack

That year when you said to me

[Chorus 2]

"If you give a little bit more

Just a little bit more

You'll get a little bit more

If you try a little bit harder

Just a little bit harder

Then you'll get it for sure

You'll get it for sure"

[Verse 2]

I was nervous, I was sweating

Seemed like she was on a mission

When she took me by the hand up to her room

There were posters on her wall

I saw flowers in her hair

But I never got the chance to see them bloom

Cause the clocks stopped

And the years rolled by

But the time never left my mind

When she said

[Chorus 2]

"If you give a little bit more

Just a little bit more

You'll get a little bit more

If you try a little bit harder

Just a little bit harder

Then you'll get it for sure

You'll get it for sure"

[Verse 3]

24 years later

And we're in the hands of Labour

And we've got 10,000 troops out in Iraq

I am living now in London

And, at present, I am single

And it took my dad a long time to come back

[Chorus 1]

'84 was a pretty good year

I lost my heart back then in

1984 was a pretty good year

I lost my heart to 1984

[Chorus 2]

If you give a little bit more

Just a little bit more

You'll get a little bit more

If you try a little bit harder

Just a little bit harder

Then you'll get it for sure

You'll get it for sure

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