When we were young Lyrics

I remember the years gone by

I look back in reflection

Three channels and early nights

A recipe for conception

Warm summers and darker nights

A Cortina with faster stripes

The newspapers and miners strikes

The governments deception

And Charlie would say

Don't talk to strangers

Look left

Look right

It's dangerous

But we didn't care

We ran through the streets with no fear

We never had no internet here

And no-one had no likes and no shares

But we never knew

Waiting in the back of the queue

My Grifter all shiny and new

That everything we had was so true

So true

When we were young

When we were young

Life was fun

When we were young

Oh oh

Hold on

I'm coming home

Hold on I'm coming

Coming home for a brew with you

Brew with you

Jumping off of an open bus

My kickers looking wicked

Your British Leyland, it starts to rust

The Iron Lady got twisted

Fish and Chips on a Friday night

Staying out for just one more pint

You fall asleep under testcard light

The only type that existed

And Charlie would say

Don't talk to strangers

Look left

Look right

It's dangerous

But we didn't know

In twenty years we'll all have a phone

With Right to Buy, we'll all own a home

Some friends are here, but some have now gone

But we never tried

We'd run around the flats and we'd hide

Playing Knock Down Ginger all night

And everything we had felt so right

So right

When we were young

Hold on

When we were young

Hold on I'm coming

Life was fun

Put your records on

When we were young

Nan is waiting for you

Oh oh

Hold on

I'm coming home

Hold on I'm coming

Coming home for a brew with you

Brew with you