"1984" lyrics

There used to be a time, no regrets
Say whatever fuck we feel
No cell-phone screens, no Internet
That's when shit was real

Tanked up Corvette, Kool cigarettes
Dangerous and much too fast
No seatbelt, high-top kick on the gas
We're getting outta here fast

We're racing back to the future
Engines ready to roar
We're gonna rip it up
Like we're living in 1984
I've had enough of this "right here, right now"
'Cause shit was better before
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984

Boy, you better pull your head out
Of your millennial fantasy
What might look bright on video
Wasn't all it's cracked up to be
The Cold War was on, John Lennon gone
We were waiting for the bomb to scream
While we tried to live the "American Dream"
In our acid-washed jeans

We're racing back to the future
We're gonna wear what they wore
We're gonna rip it up
Like we're living in 1984
We need some of that great big music
U2 and Head on the Door
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984

I still remember when "no" meant "yes"
Yeah
We had Live Aid, Wall Street excess
Oh
Brat Pack movies and crack cocaine
And you want it back again?

We're racing back to the future
Engines ready to roar
We're gonna rip it up
Like we're living in 1984
I've had enough of this "right here, right now"
'Cause shit was better before
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984
We're gonna live it up
Like we're living in 1984

Like we're living in 1984
Like we're living in 1984