Please check out my new song, "1978," at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mZ1BMJGy7Y
I want to turn back the date
To 1978
I was 18 and feeling great
The troubles to come could just wait
Remember Waylon and Willie
Elvis Costello and Blondie
The music meant everything
It made me want to play and sing
America was still a free country
Democrats were not yet commies
You could still say what you wanted
All your data were not getting counted
It was still okay to be white
Left was on the same side as right
You could make jokes and be funny
You could even call a woman honey
It began to crash in the 80s
Madonna and Garth led the way
Bullshit became first-rate
Ronnie the popular came too late
Now everything we hear is a lie
Big Brother and Sister, they are spies
The people, they'll believe anything
Everyone is too afraid to sing
So now we're at the end
America and music are dead
Freedom is gone forever
I'm forced to become a rebel
Take me back to 1978
I want to go back
It's not too late
Take me back to 1978
Oh yeah, make it possible
Time machine, take me back to 1978
1978
These modern times I do hate
Can I go back to 78?
I'm 18, everything is great
Troubles to come could just wait
1978
