“Lies (Through the 80s)” – Manfred Mann’s Earth…
Friday, April 18th, 2014“Lies (Through the 80s)” – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Chance (1980)
Songs called “Lies”, 14th in a series
Fun fact: In 1980, a lot of us really did feel like we were on the brink of the future. The 70s in the US had this laid-back, earth-y/nature-y vibe, but the pendulum swung the other way in 1980, to a self-consciously forward-looking, forward-thinking futurism. That’s where those cheesy 80s fashions came from; we thought they made us look like we belonged in a sci-fi future. Blade Runner came out in 1982, Neuromancer in 1984, but in 1980 the dystopian trend hadn’t appeared yet; it was all about optimism.
Lyrics
We’re all gonna live out the Hollywood dream
Everything’s gonna be just what it seems
Gonna find a better way to run our cars
All through the Eighties
‘Cause the race is on, we’re gonna land on Mars
All through the Eighties
The Video Screen will open up the door
All through the Eighties
Information – there’ll be more and more
All through the Eighties
Will the man on the street finally know the score
But I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
Where is my place in this bright future, I heard him say
I’ve lost my hope there isn’t anywhere to play
(Pull up the trees and put up a parking lot)
The play’s been written we’ll all be in the cast
All through the Eighties
And our feet are gonna point away from the past
All through the Eighties
Will supersonic travel be our ticket to ride
We’ll have cruise missiles, they think as they fly
But I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
Where is my place in this bright future, I heard him say
I’ve lost my hope there isn’t anywhere to play
(Pull up the trees and put up a parking lot)
Time will go and the years fly by
All through the Eighties
And we’ll have another slice of American Pie
All through the Eighties
Credit card living, push button cash
All through the Eighties
We’ll pay our money and we’ll take our trash
All through the Eighties
And another generation will “Talk about their Generation”
But I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
Where is my place in this bright future, I heard him say
I’ve lost my hope there isn’t anywhere to play
(Pull up the trees and put up a parking lot)
I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
Where is my place in this bright future, I heard him say
I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
Where is my place in this bright future, I heard him say
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