Lyrics for 83 as interpreted by Ice

83 Lyrics
I have these dreams I'm walking home
home where it used to be
everything is as it was
frozen in front of me

here I stand six feet small
romanticizing years ago
well it's a bittersweet feeling
hearing "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio

and these days
I wish I was six again
oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
oh if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they were at the start of me
I had it made in 83

thinking about my brother Ben
I miss him everyday
he looks just like his brother John
but on an eighteen month delay

here I stand six feet small
and smiling cause I'm scared as hell
kinda like your life is like a sequel to a movie
where the actors' names have changed

well these days
I wish I was six again
oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
oh if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they were at the start of me
if my life was more like 1983
plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me

and most my memories have escaped me
or confused themselves with dreams
if heaven's all they want it to be
send your prayers to me care of 1983

you can paint that house a rainbow of colors
rip out the floorboards
and replace the the shutters
but that's my plastic in the dirt

whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my lunchbox
when came the day when it got
thrown away
don't you think I should have had some say in that decision

more like
more like
more like 1983

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FRoguy940
04-25-2002

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This song just makes me wish i was six again, when i didn't have anything really to worry about, except waking up late on saturday morning missing cartoons. I don't know, this song is great just like the entire room for squares cd - both versions.

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anna118k
04-27-2002

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I agree. Being six, carefree, innocent, pure and happy. Those were the days.

(There are two versions of Room for Squares?)

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FRoguy940
04-30-2002

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Yeah there was a release on aware records (different mixes of some songs) and after that sony picked him up, and re-mixed the cd, adding the track "3x5."

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DaveGod2288
04-30-2002

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i really wish i could be six no worries no girls or schoolwork i would just love to go back and ride my bke up and down my street playing cops and robbers with my neighbor sometimes i would go to the park with my grandfather those were the good days

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white_dove
05-01-2002

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This song is so endearing. All the mass of worries we have now didn't exist when we were 6... How come we hurry to grow up and then wish we were small again?

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LILJCOX
05-09-2002

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i guess its just one of those great mysteries of life..

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Jackie1228
05-13-2002

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when he says that he mixes his memories up with dreams...its so true i do it all the time and sometimes i just wish i could live the memories all over again. i totally realte to him...

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curlieqz79
05-13-2002

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i love "kinda like my life is like a sequel to a movie where the actors names have changed oh well" so true. i mean, do you get it? his life is just replaying itself over and over making the same mistakes and the only difference is it's with different people (aka actors)...i feel that. its so me.

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JFern09
05-19-2002

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when he writes "here i stand six feet small, and smiling cause im scared as hell" its like you can't wait to grow up, but when you do, you head out to the world and you feel tiny, you smile because you have nothing else to do

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meggymac31
05-19-2002

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does anyone else wonder whatever happened to their lunchbox?!?! its crazy when you see things youve thought of a million times but didnt know how to say- explained so perfectly in a song. he does it everytime.

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gone_phishin04
05-27-2002

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i think we should all go buy new lunch boxes, haha. i wicked love john mayer. yeah, being 6 would be awesome. there is nothing major to worry about, the whole world is at your fingertips in such a wonderful, carefree way. i've listened to this song a million times just today... it's amazing.

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ktgigles
06-05-2002

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i absolutly love this song (and just about every other john mayer song) this is my away message all durring finals week cause seriously who dosent wish they were six again when you have to face finals (and boys and everything else)

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thinkitbeit
06-28-2002

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This and 3x5 are my favorites. I love the lyric "you can paint that house a rainbow of colors
rip out the floorboards
and replace the the shutters
but that's my plastic in the dirt." Everytime I pass my old house (from like 5 moves ago) I think about the fact that part of me is still there. No matter what people can take away, they can't take ur memories.


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emo12PUNK12metal
06-29-2002

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he's scared about going into the real world...

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kiramekufairy
07-05-2002

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this song is so honest. john makes life look so simple.

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Mere64GA
07-10-2002

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He is scared about going into the real world and who isnt.......he's so honest...and simple and wonderful. I could marry john mayer.

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LiveUrLife
07-11-2002

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at first i didn't like this song on the CD, but as i listened i related and now i love it, i love the lines
"kinda like your life is like a sequel to a movie
where the actors' names have changed " i love that, i love how he put into words, how you feel your the same person but yet your completely different, the way he put that was genuis.

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GinaT7
07-27-2002

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just care free and fancy free. if only my life was more like 83.

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jazzy09
08-10-2002

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What song is he referrring to when he says: "But it's a bittersweet feeling hearing Wrapped Around Your Finger on the radio"?? Is that the Police song? I am beginning to think that John must love the Police.....

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atarisemokid
08-24-2002

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This song is excellent. Every time I hear it, I wish I were six again..young and carefree. ::sigh::

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jiminy0410
08-31-2002

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"here I stand, six feet small" is my favorite line. I'm actually listening to this song right now! I love it!

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InfamousKels
09-01-2002

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This song is totally perfect. Too many times in my life, I've thought 'how I wish I was a little kid again'. Being little, and amused by small things, and without all the drama...ahhh....how I wish...

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strykerchick
10-14-2002

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I love this song cuz 1)it rocks and 2)I was born in '83, so it's cool to hear a song about it,lol. I love this song up until he starts talking about his lunch box, then I skip to 3x5.

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glamorous*sunrise
04-03-2003

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John does love the Police. Anyone have the "Any Given Thursday" DVD? The voice-over commentary is so interesting/endearing/hilarious. He keeps plugging the Police. Anyway, the first time I heard this song, I could tell I was gonna love it from just the intro. "Plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me"... really, everything was much purer back then. (Even the water and the air, technically.) All before we became jaded, disillusioned shells of our former selves. To me there's a sense of wanting to go back and speak to your six year-old self, maybe even warn yourself of what's to come and tell yourself to enjoy childhood. But there's also the sense of simply wanting to BE that six year-old again, which I definitely understand. The tone of the song is light, but if I think about the lyrics too long I get nostalgic and sad. John has a way of wrenching these emotions outta you...

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chewbecca
05-05-2004

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" plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me" best line ever. I love John Mayer.

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