Well it's 1969 OK all across the USA
It's another year for me and you
Another year with nothing to do
Last year I was twenty one I didn't have a lot of fun
And now I'm gonna be twenty two I say oh my and a boo-hoo
It's 1969 OK all across the USA
It's another year for me and you
Another year with nothing to do
Another year with nothing to do
It's 1969
1969 1969 1969 1969 baby
And it's 1969 bayyybee
Baby
Baby
Baby


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    i thought it was war across the USA as well.

    ambiguous90on October 19, 2005   Link
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    i thought it was war across the usa too. lol great song.

    jackiecurtison February 24, 2006   Link
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    it also has a lot to do with the fact that music during the time was shit and boring, except the doors of course. it talks about the fact that people were stuck in small dead-end towns with nothing to aim for, where as iggy, ron asheton and the rest of the stooges were havin a great time gettin high and having sex with hot groupies. this was the birth of the REAL rebels, mainly jim morisson and iggy pop.

    lukeyboy3on July 03, 2007   Link
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    I think the "nothing to do" is because it was all the hippy shit at the time and punk hadn't been invented. So they had nothing to do in that society.

    BrainFreeze100on July 05, 2007   Link
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    Basically it's about how life in that era was a certain bore, nothing to do, nothing to fight for, nothing much to live for. His life is just fading away as nothing's happening.

    colabottleon July 06, 2003   Link
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    this marked the beginning of the end for the hippie shit...

    wow, i always thought he said "war across the USA".

    Chinupon December 30, 2004   Link
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    i agree with chinup. wicked song by a great group

    River Wolfon January 09, 2005   Link
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    great song

    the sisters of mercy cover is pretty good too

    FrankBoothon March 17, 2005   Link
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    bloody amazing song. saw it performed live @ the melbourne big day out a month ago. amazing live band - do the simple things well

    punkchris55on February 28, 2006   Link
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    II thought it was 'war' also

    JeffKaos71on March 23, 2006   Link

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