An amusing verse that was as fun to research (in a nostalgic way) as it was to write....
The 1980's came, we saw John Lennon slainSomeone shot the Pope, and the President tooRonnie says "I will survive", the eighties had arrived
A mid-year baseball strike, fear the gay plagueM-T.V. takes off, the shuttle flies in spaceThere's war in Libya, it was nineteen eighty-one
Belushi slips away, "No Nukes!" in Central ParkFootball doesn't play pumps an artificial heartDon't take Tylenol, eighty-two was long
AIDS is everywhere, the I.R.A. brings London terrorTwo million cry in Europe, Holy War in Illinois"No Nukes" the Bishops plead, so went eighty-three
Another scare of war, in the Middle East this timeOur glory days of whores, the E. Street Band hits primeBruce's stadium tour raged through eighty-four
They're burning Philadelphia, someone call the copsNew Coke lost to Classic, they found the wrecked TitanicLive Aid brought our hopes alive in nineteen eighty-five
The Shuttle that didn't land, we formed a human chainTrading guns with Iran, Tyson starts his reignCollege ball is fixed, it was nineteen eighty-six
Iran-Contra findings, Bakker, preacher-man of sex?Oliver needs reminding, a near-acquittal Bernie getsWall Street crashed head-on, as eighty-seven rolled along
Russia is rejected, and flees AfghanistanGeorge Bush is elected, and Tyson wins againLet all the world debate, it's nineteen eighty-eight
Exxon says "We're sorry", there's blood in Tiananmen SquareSan Francisco is uprooted, minimum wage becomes more fairThe Berlin Wall came down just fine, so went eighty-nine
A decade now lost to time, so very rich in historyI gladly claim my squatter's rights, to the eighties legacy
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