While I reflect I never turn back
An innocent phrase and video clip
Got me caught up in a memory track
Now my mind is on a long backwards trip
Hair spray, tight pants - lots of glamour and glitz
The music was great and it came all dressed
In stripes and leather, big curls, boots with bits
I found something then that I have liked best
While others find peace in old childhood dreams
No innocence found for me in that time
Few moments for me were happy it seams
So I take what I had and make it rhyme
So what if many want that decade gone
I came alive briefly and found my song
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While I reflect I never turn back
An innocent phrase and video clip
Got me caught up in a memory track
Now my mind is on a
They were in their 80's. A sweet elderly couple.
They loved to dance. They loved to sing and paint.
They were very popular
It is all history now, but
There was a time when MTV really played music videos.
There was a time when Jelly's and BIG HAIR
by Sander Mekk
Back in the 80's..........
Torn shirts and wild hair
Hard rock was a ride,
Creating who I was
Funky images outside.
Drank beer
It is quite funny
when she asks if I won
for this picture she found
was nothing but fun
Big hair was the style
Bright colors
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