Past

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[Intro] (This is a game that we played when we were- when we were kids) How much- how much are on retail? Are we recording? Aight cool Here we go Yes [Verse 1] Way back when before I [?] I used to finger and facepaint While being awake past eight was staying up late Left Melbourne, moved upstate A house with a gate ended my dad's great debatе I used to command the troops from inside thе couch walls Palmballs on brick walls and sit yoga style in halls When the bath was an ocean, not a puddle [?] we all put our feet in a huddle (Oh yeah) It went Aerosport, Lotto, Lynx, Dunlop Only a [?] could make the fun stop [?] class, [?] my times tables [?] glue under shoes to find staples Never brave enough to test the teacher [?] Sticking the route, snicker when they didn't switch off the loudspeaker Not a crowd pleaser or class clown I had to give speeches after notes were passed around Yeah, I misbehaved, get sent down a grade [?] my job home but always down to play Ten lines near the equator and now below [?] When Sarah Jones blew kisses, I didn't dig girls overly (Ew, man, she's got a girlfriend!) [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Before the digital age, rewind the tape to the late eighties In class, a big red X is what mistakes gave me Never wait to break out and split A playground bigwig, I had kids mining rocks with sticks Jason was rich, he used to hit the tuck shop every big lunch His pocket money made the jingle of big bucks He'd even drop change and stop to watch the kids scramble Rock the flyest sand shoes and down to gamble And Daniel with a stealth bomber origami special Athletics, man, a chest full of ribbons and medals Before the bass and treble replaced the face of metal I used to lace the recorder real special The playground was graveyard for my first watch And where all the Transformers got got Decepticons or Autobots, sandpit's a hot spot Like [?], it sucked him in and they were never seen again Nathan was a ladies man, he used to pull their hair And I was still there when the teachers had left after school care Finally get home, half my [?] had come with me Brand backs and wet tennis balls if kids tried to diss me [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Semester's end, saw summer rest on the next crest At school socials, always played the right while girls played the left Sleepovers were the best, sneaking out at night Staying up late, commandos that kept out of sight Artifical light lit the lavatory A magic potion in motion made from every bathroom product category Dirty hands and scuffed knees climbed trees with ease so high they'd bend in the breezes And backyard battles, fighting over territories Rubberband handguns and glove guns with frozen peas Magnifying, roasting ants and burning leaves certainly Fingers over hoses squirting me Waterbomb raids and tip stains Times change like chapel names, and I've had plenty From all these achieved dreams at Tiffany's and Kenny still tempt me Holidays always seem to last forever and now they're over in a second Lollies will never taste as nice or ever cost the right price And they're never gonna make cartoons quite as tight And games will never be the same after the Master System reigned Alex Kidd and Wonderboy made it the number one toy It seems strange, in this commerical age Do kids live as well as we did? Let imagine develop as is? Man, I don't know, but I'd love to go back For a day, no work, it's just play