Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
On the back of a school bus singing "I Love Rock & Roll"
Put another dime in the jukebox, "Let the Good Times Roll"
Grab the back of a Buick Skylark
Just like Michael J. Fox
Grind the trucks on your brand new skateboard
Just like Tony Hawk
Delorean
Those days are gone
We could break dance, pop-lock our wrists kid
Before your grunge rock ever existed
Years may seem so distant
Feels like a million miles
Troubles were non-existent
1985
Run DMC were the kings of rock then, at the record store
Megatron versus Optimus Prime yeah
Commodore 64
Delorean
Out on the lawn
Flux Capacitor in the back and
We're pushin' eighty while the Libyans attack and
Don't want to be
On the marquee
Twenty years will fade to nothing
Pop the clutch and then we'll see
Put another dime in the jukebox, "Let the Good Times Roll"
Grab the back of a Buick Skylark
Just like Michael J. Fox
Grind the trucks on your brand new skateboard
Just like Tony Hawk
Delorean
Those days are gone
We could break dance, pop-lock our wrists kid
Before your grunge rock ever existed
Years may seem so distant
Feels like a million miles
Troubles were non-existent
1985
Run DMC were the kings of rock then, at the record store
Megatron versus Optimus Prime yeah
Commodore 64
Delorean
Out on the lawn
Flux Capacitor in the back and
We're pushin' eighty while the Libyans attack and
Don't want to be
On the marquee
Twenty years will fade to nothing
Pop the clutch and then we'll see
Lyrics submitted by musicandnintendo
1985 Lyrics as written by John Lowe Kenneth Allen Jaret Ray Reddick
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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