He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Whoa, whoa
I've been here lookin' dynamite
Alone against the wall
Girls like you give it all so cold
Talkin' cheap in a bathroom stall
And you look so smooth
Better tell me the truth
Would you trade me
Out for someone cool?
I know you better than you do
So put out your cigarette
And kiss me on
The lips tonight
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back
Let's go back
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Oh oh oh
Nineteen-eighty-three
I've got something that I've kept inside
And the blood is on the blade
You're there suckin' on a lollipop
Like you haven't aged a day
And it ain't so pretty when you're playin' cute
When your body's up against some fool
Does he feel it
'Cause I feel it
Me and you
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Nineteen-eighty-three
The year I was born
I won't
Be ignored
So get your feet on the floor
I'm the only one
Are you afraid I still make you move
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Nineteen-eighty-three
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Nineteen-eighty-three
Oh, oh, oh
Nineteen-eighty-three
Oh, oh, oh
Nineteen-eighty-three
I've been here lookin' dynamite
Alone against the wall
Girls like you give it all so cold
Talkin' cheap in a bathroom stall
And you look so smooth
Better tell me the truth
Would you trade me
Out for someone cool?
I know you better than you do
So put out your cigarette
And kiss me on
The lips tonight
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back
Let's go back
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Oh oh oh
Nineteen-eighty-three
I've got something that I've kept inside
And the blood is on the blade
You're there suckin' on a lollipop
Like you haven't aged a day
And it ain't so pretty when you're playin' cute
When your body's up against some fool
Does he feel it
'Cause I feel it
Me and you
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Nineteen-eighty-three
The year I was born
I won't
Be ignored
So get your feet on the floor
I'm the only one
Are you afraid I still make you move
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Nineteen-eighty-three
Me and you
You and me
Let's go back to
Nineteen-eighty-three is calling
I've been on my knees and crawlin'
Back to you
It's coming all back to me
Nineteen-eighty-three
Oh, oh, oh
Nineteen-eighty-three
Oh, oh, oh
Nineteen-eighty-three
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