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C​-​90

from Passengers by Boab Millar

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A nostalgic look back to the 80's and the birth of the Walkman.

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C-90

Got an hour and a half of music
Got an hour and a half gonna use it
Got my C-90

It's like 1982 and the sky is blue
And it's the colour of your car shining bright
With your girl on your arm and you're giving her the charm
And she's swallowing the charm alright
Leave her at her door won't be worrying any more
When you see her at the pub for a drink
Get your sounds in your ear and you're chilling with a beer
Now you know it's never later than you think

Living, breathing, eating, sleeping
Even when you take the mutt for a walk
Plugging in the tunes, bopping like a loon
Mister Sony comes along let it rock
Gary Numan and The Jam, Simple Minds, Duran Duran
Blasting out the sounds in your head
With the walkman on your hip
And the phones you've got the clip
All around the world to you is dead

Technology gone mad, Michael Jackson says it's bad
Scotland's got Brazil on it's knees
Music comes and goes, same with fashion and the clothes
Money rolling in, the banks are full of greed
Now it's 1984 and the miners hit the floor
Things are changing faster than the master plan
But the musics in your head and they're saying disco's dead
Still you're plugging in the headphones when you can

Now it's 1985 and the world has come alive
To the suffering in Africa and beyond
Live aid comes and goes but did anybody know
If the starving weans got the pounds
They say cassettes are going out, but you know you have your doubts
When they say cds will never break
30, 60, 90. why would they even try to
Change the way you listen to your sounds

Now we're back to present day
And the walkman's walked away
Computers and the phone have t'ain it's place
But if I could go on back just a bit to get on track
To the simple times we thought we'd left behind
I would fly there in a minute to the band that said no limits
And plug in my old Sony to my mind
New romantic's had its day we never thought that George was gay
But I'd rather live back then, aye any time

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from Passengers, track released September 20, 2013

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Boab Millar Glasgow, UK

Singer songwriter from Glasgow UK.

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