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Woo, hoo, hoo.
Woo, hoo, hoo.
Deb bie just hit the wall.
She nev er had it all.
One pro zac a day, hus band’s a C.
P.
A.
Her dreams went out the door when she turned twen ty four.
On ly been with one man.
What hap pened to her plan?
She was gon na be an ac tress.
She was gon na be a star.
She was gon na shake her ass on the hood of White snake’s car.
Her yel low S.
U.
V.
is now the en e my.
Looks at her av ’rage life and noth in’ has been al right since Bruce (C5)Spring steen, Ma don na.
(F5)Way be fore Nir van a there was (Am)U 2 and Blond ie and (Bb5)mu sic still on M T V.
Her (C5)two kids in high school, they (F5)tell her that she’s un cool.
’Cause (Am)she’s still pre oc cu pied with nine teen, nine teen, nine teen eight y five.
hoo.
Nine teen eight y five.
hoo.
She’s seen all the clas sics.
She knows ev ’ry line.
Break fast Club, Pret ty In Pink, e ven St.
El mo’s Fire.
She rocked out to Wham.
Not a big Limp Biz kit fan.
Thought she’d get a hand on a mem ber of Du ran Du ran.
Where’s the min i skirt made of snake skin?
And who’s the oth er guy that’s (G5)sing in’ in Van Hal en?
When did re al i ty be come T V?
What ev er hap pened to sit coms, game shows?
(CN.C.)On the ra di o was
She hates time.
Make it stop.
(Am)When did Mot ley Crue be come (G)clas sic rock?
And when did Oz zy be come an ac tor?
Please make this stop, stop, (CN.C.)stop and bring back (C5)Spring steen, Ma don na.
(F5)Way be fore Nir van a there was (Am)U 2 and Blond ie and (Bb5)mu sic still on M T V.
Her (C5)two kids in high school, they (F5)tell her that she’s un cool ’cause (Am)she’s still pre oc cu pied, nine teen eight y five.
Bruce (C5)Spring steen, Ma don na.
(F5)Way be fore Nir van a there was (Am)U 2 and Blond ie and (Bb5)mu sic still on M T V.
Her (C5)two kids in high school, they (F5)tell her that she’s un cool ’cause (Am)she’s still pre oc cu pied, nine teen eight y five.
Bruce with nine teen, nine teen, (CN.C.)nine teen eight y five.
This page shows “1985” by Bowling For Soup in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 115 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.