Is there a better song that sums up your youth than this.

Lyrics with my favourite section in bold

The Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg

I'll never forget the first day I met her
That September morning was clear and fresh
The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes
And the way she rubbed herself
Against the edge of my desk
She became a magic mystery to me
And we'd sit together in double history twice a week
And some days we'd walk the same way home
And it's surprising how quick
A little rain can clear the streets
We dreamed of her and compared our dreams
But that was all that I ever tasted
Cause she lied to me with her body you see
I lied to myself 'bout the chances I'd wasted
The times we were close
Were far and few between
In the darkness at the dances in the school canteen
Did she close her eyes like I did
As we held each other tight
And la la la la la la la la means I love you
She danced with me and I still hold that memory
Soft and sweet
And I stare up at her window
As I walk down her street
But I never made the first team
I just made the first team laugh
And she never came to the phone
She was always in the bath
In the end, it took me a dictionary
To find out the meaning of unrequited
While she was giving herself for free
At a party to which I was never invited
I never understood my failings then
And I hide my humble hopes now
Thinking back she made us want her
A girl not old enough to shave her legs
 

I was of a different era but this song happened to me.I was a little boy of seventeen. She broke my heart💔. Still it's a good song.
 
grumpyoldgit said:
One of the best opening lines when you're a frustrated and lonely teenager. I had this album on white vinyl!
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Coincidence Grumpy. Joe used to change the arrangement of ‘Different’ for every tour. I was watching this version last night.

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Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Live, The Regal Theatre, Hitchin, 1983)

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Saturdays Kids - The Jam
Listen to the rough and ready version from the John Peel sessions 1979 . It's way better than the over produced version on Setting Sons.
"Saturdays boys live life with insults , drink lots of beer and wait half-time results "
 
Madison 1984....And one of 'em's alright, the other one's the scary one
His way or no way, totalitarian
He's got no time for your looking or breathing
How he don't want you to, so step out the queue
He makes examples of you and there's nowt you can say
Behind they go through to the bit where you pay
And you realize then that it's finally the time
To walk back past ten-thousand eyes in the line
And you can swap jumpers and make another move
Instilled in your brain, you've got something to prove
To all the smirking faces and the boys in black
Why can't they be pleasant? Why can't they have a laugh?
He's got his hand in your chest, he wants to give you a duff
Well, secretly I think they want you all to kick off
They want arms flying everywhere and bottles as well
It's just something to talk about, a story to tell, yeah...Arctic Monkeys😬
 
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