80s Reboot

from A.G.I. (2023) by the Allotropes

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lyrics

You say it's not the Eighties anymore
well except for the little detail
of this Cold War
getting a little toasty

Nostalgia is fun but never inhale
and what was it again?
oh yeah, ...annihilation

from way out West to the far East
pick a front
I think we'll be alright

You say it's not the Eighties anymore
the future's past future reimagined: -
synthwave to vapourwave to the Twenty-Twenties
we're as good now as those acts I used to buy
now we all stream for just pennies and ha'pennies

Nostalgia is fun but never inhale
and what was the genre?
oh yeah, ...vaporization

From way out West to the far East
pick a tag
That fits we'll be alright

from way out West to the far East
pick a front
Maybe we'll be alright

It's just a reboot
not a shutdown
I mean right?

It's just a reboot
not a shutdown
I mean right?!?

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from A.G.I. (2023), released May 15, 2023
produced, composed and performed by Steve Swales

(c) ShepardToneRecords, 2023

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