Story Behind The Song

MY TEENS WERE IN THE EIGHTIES MY ERA MY INSPIRATIONS ALL GENRES

Song Description

PLAYED IN E MAJOR

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
Static on the TV screen, the streetlights flicker on
Chasing shadows down the block till all the ghosts are gone
It wasn't always easy, yeah, the world was moving fast
And I was just a kid trying to make the good times last
When the ground beneath me crumbled and I tripped upon the wires
I'd run into my bedroom and I'd feed the cassette fires


(Chorus)
Growing up in the eighties, yeah, it was a special time
Music held me together, healed me when I crossed those broken lines
It helped me gain the spirit back when I'd lost all of mine
Some of my favorite artists are now legends in my mind
Legendary, transparent, full of soul and grace
Wouldn't have wanted to grow up in a different time or place
Always wanted to sing those songs, watch them perform on the stage


(Verse 2)
Wearing out the plastic tape, rewinding every phrase
Finding my own colors in a black and white-ish haze
A lonely Friday night, but I was never really solo
With the headphones on my ears and a beat inside the logo
They sang about the heartbreak, they sang about the pain
And somehow every chorus washed away the heavy rain


(Chorus)
Growing up in the eighties, yeah, it was a special time
Music held me together, healed me when I crossed those broken lines
It helped me gain the spirit back when I'd lost all of mine
Some of my favorite artists are now legends in my mind
Legendary, transparent, full of soul and grace
Wouldn't have wanted to grow up in a different time or place
Always wanted to sing those songs, watch them perform on the stage


(Bridge)
(Music builds, electric guitar enters with a soaring, melodic 80s sustain)
Synthesizers crying out, drums that shake the floor
Every track a passport to a wider open door
They didn't know my name, but they knew just how I felt
The soundtrack to the cards that I was dealt


(Guitar Solo


(Chorus)
Growing up in the eighties, yeah, it was a special time
Music held me together, healed me when I crossed those broken lines
It helped me gain the spirit back when I'd lost all of mine
Some of my favorite artists are now legends in my mind
Legendary, transparent, full of soul and grace
Wouldn't have wanted to grow up in a different time or place
Always wanted to sing those songs, watch them perform on the stage


(Outro)
Yeah, up on that stage...
Legends in my mind.
Full of soul and grace.
Wouldn't change a single day.