The eighties were a strange decade
Full of creativity that does not fade
From the clothes, films and to the music
I for one hope that’s we never lose it
Duran Duran, Aha and Whitesnake
Knew how to write a song, hearts to break
The New Romantics and the rock gods ruled those years
The screams from the fans could bring some to tears
My icon was Adam and the Ants
A different kind of new romance
He was an icon different from all
His music and video he did rule
The films were fantastic and epic too
From Indiana Jones, the Goonies and Platoon
Imaginations were high, the stuff of dreams
Unless it was Freddy Kruger where nothing was what it seems
Rubik’s Cubes and wacky foods
Everyone was generally in a happy mood
The eighties were a creative force
It even gave us Inspector Morse
Thundercats, The A-Team and Quantum Leap
When these came on, from us kids not a peep
Don’t get me wrong it had its bad moments too
But being a kid we didn’t have a clue
I miss the eighties as a child
By comparison they were mild
In the arts mean to say
Oh god those were the days
Caliburnus Rises 