Born In The 50's - The Police

We were born

Born in the fifties

My mother cried

When President Kennedy died

She said it was the Communists

But I knew better

Would they drop the bomb on us While we made love on the beach

We were the class they couldn’t teach

'Cos we knew better

We were born

Born in the fifties

They screamed

When The Beatles sang

And they laughed when the king fell down the stars

O they should’ve known better

O we hated our aunt

Then we messed in our pants

Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV

O we should’ve known better

We were born

Born in the fifties

We freeze like statues on the pages of history

Living was never like this when we took all those GCE’s

O you opened the door for us And then you turned to dust

You don’t understand us So don’t reprimand us We’re taking the future

We don’t need no teacher

We were born

Born in the fifties