19 Somethin'

CAPO 2ND FRET

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I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
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Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized
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I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong. Yeah
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I was Roger Staubach in my backyard
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Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
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And a couple of Evil Kenievel scars on my right arm.
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Well, I was a kid when Elvis died and my momma cried.
CHORUS
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It was 1970 somethin' in the world that I grew up in
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Farrah Fawcett hairdo days, bell bottoms and 8 track tapes
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Looking back now I can see me. Oh man, did I look cheesy
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I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'. Aww, it was 1970 somethin'

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VERSE 2
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It was the dawning of a new decade
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We got our first microwave.
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Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideburns off
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I took the stickers off my Rubix cube
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Watched MTv all afternoon
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My first love was Daisy Duke in them cutoff jeans
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Space shuttle fell out of the sky and the whole world cried

CHORUS 2
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It was 1980 somethin' in the world that I grew up in.
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Skating rinks and black Trans-Am's
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Big hair and parachute pants
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Looking back now I can see me
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Oh man did I look cheesy
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I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'. Aww, It was 1980 somethin'
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BRIDGE
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Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
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But all this responsabilty makes me wish sometimes

REPEAT CHORUS 2

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1970 somethin'       Aww, it was 19 somethin'