1982 Lyrics

Throw out the bone! You gave the dog away. A neighbor boy

with dirt all in his face.

He'll treat him just the same way.

Oh, Mamma told you not to play

those marble games.

But did you listen?

Turned the TV on.

Drowned out her voice with

the sound.

She didn't ask for

those nine months gone.

You never thanked her

for one.

God blessed you

on the day that you were born in 1982

and sucked your tooth

straight out of your socket.

It was a miracle it grew.

God blessed you

with two legs for moving

and two arms that bust-on through

the black and blue.

All the dirt that all the world

has piled on top of you.

Regret's a sin. It's a waste of time, they say. It robs

you of friends and digs an early grave. Six feet deep in

red clay.

Why break your back just to find

a resting place?