Introduction to Why I Did It

Okay, why am I doing this? I'm doing this because of memorial device I'm doing this to stand up for Airdrie I'm doing this because, later on, everyone would often became social workers And did courses of how to teach English as a foreign language Or got a job in Greggs Well, not everybody Some people died or disappeared or went into seclusion more like I'm doing, well I was going to say I'm doing it because, back then, anything seemed possible Back then being 1983, '84, '85 What I call the glory years The glory years, what a joke, right? But really, that wouldn't be true 'cause, back then, everything seemed impossible I'm doing it because, for a moment, when everything seemed impossible Everybody was doing everything Reading, listening, writing, creating Sticking up posters, taking notes Passing out, throwing up Rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing in dark, windowless rooms at 2 PM Like the future was just up ahead And we better be ready for it (Johnny Thunders, come on) And now, already, it's the rotten past, isn't it? Dead and buried Gone forever, we all know that