Moyet later described how her song "Goodbye 70's" had been inspired by her disillusionment with how the late-1970s punk scene had turned out, saying, "'Goodbye 70's' is about punk and not caring how you were dressed, and then I discovered that so many of my friends that I'd thought it all really meant something to just saw it as another trend... That's what 'Goodbye 70's' was all about, about how sour the whole thing became."
My heart is filled with nails and broken glass
The world will celebrate when I'm gone at last
Revere the end of my years
For soon I will be dead
For soon I will be dead
[Hook]
All the angels in heaven
Curse my name
All the demons down in hell
Will stoke the flames
[Chorus]
So strike up the band
And strike up the matches
Pour kerosene
All over my casket
The world is safe
Now here in my absence
A cancer removed
Into the tomb I go
My soul is made of rot and razor blades
Praise the day that I'm lowered in my grave
Revel for the devil
Knows I'm on my way
Knows I'm on my way
[Hook]
All the angels in heaven
Curse my name
All the demons down in hell
Will stoke the flames
[Chorus]
So strike up the band
And strike up the matches
Pour kerosene
All over my casket
The world is safe
Now here in my absence
A cancer removed
Into the tomb I go
I was born bad
And I will die bad
But in your heart
I live on
I made a mark
On this world they can't cut out
[Hook]
All the angels in heaven
Curse my name
All the demons down in hell
Will stoke the flames
[Chorus]
So strike up the band
And strike up the matches
Pour kerosene
All over my casket
The world is safe
Now here in my absence
A cancer removed
Into the tomb I go
The world will celebrate when I'm gone at last
Revere the end of my years
For soon I will be dead
For soon I will be dead
[Hook]
All the angels in heaven
Curse my name
All the demons down in hell
Will stoke the flames
[Chorus]
So strike up the band
And strike up the matches
Pour kerosene
All over my casket
The world is safe
Now here in my absence
A cancer removed
Into the tomb I go
My soul is made of rot and razor blades
Praise the day that I'm lowered in my grave
Revel for the devil
Knows I'm on my way
Knows I'm on my way
[Hook]
All the angels in heaven
Curse my name
All the demons down in hell
Will stoke the flames
[Chorus]
So strike up the band
And strike up the matches
Pour kerosene
All over my casket
The world is safe
Now here in my absence
A cancer removed
Into the tomb I go
I was born bad
And I will die bad
But in your heart
I live on
I made a mark
On this world they can't cut out
[Hook]
All the angels in heaven
Curse my name
All the demons down in hell
Will stoke the flames
[Chorus]
So strike up the band
And strike up the matches
Pour kerosene
All over my casket
The world is safe
Now here in my absence
A cancer removed
Into the tomb I go
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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