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Born In the Fifties

Born In the Fifties lyrics by The Police. We were born Born in the fifties Born, born in the fifties My mother cried When president Kennedy died She said it...

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Born In the Fifties

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We were born

Born in the fifties

Born, born in the fifties

My mother cried

When president Kennedy died

She said it was the communists

But I knew better

Would they drop the bomb on us

While we made love on the beach

We were the class they couldn´t teach

´Cos we knew better

They screamed when the Beatles sang

And they laughed when the "king" fell down the stars

They should´ve known better

Oh we hated our Aunt we

Then we messed in our pants

Then we lost our faith

And prayed to the TV

Oh we should´ve known better

We freeze like statues

On the pages of history

Living was never like this

When we took all those GCE´s

Oh you opened the door for us

And then you turned to dust

You don´t understand us

So don´t reprimand us

We´re taking the future

We don´t need no teacher

Born, born in the fifties

We were born, born in the

Fifties...

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