It was a plastic age with plastic tears 
A total addiction to the wonder years 
I`m a believer was where it`s at 
He`s singing oh Lola lady lay lady lay 
She`s fixing a hole down on Blue Jay Way 
American Pie on your Tupperware 
He paints an Andy-Pandy Campbell`s tins 
Boys in the jungle on your TV screen 
In tricky dicky`s love machine 
We`ll take an easy ride and have some fun 
On Dylan`s highway 61 
In California dreaming sun 

That was when I loved you 
I loved you, I loved you, I loved you 

They were the living years of stainless steel 
Praying for a time in a fortune wheel 
Smooth operator was where it`s at 
So welcome all of you to the pleasure dome 
Of taking the look from the homeless zone 
With digital aids in your telephone 

Another day in paradise is nice 
From Ronnie`s recession`s nice advice 
[Coz UB40`s ice is vice] 

We suffer from the longest
and one of the most sustained
inflations in our national history. 
So don`t you let the sun go down on me 
Coz I wanna break free from your MTV 
To virtual reality 

That was when I loved you 
I loved you, I loved you, I loved you 
I loved you, I loved you 

That was when I loved you 
I loved you, I loved you, I loved you 
I loved you, I loved you, ...       (repeated several times) 

[Choir on the background:] 
From the shadow of the past 
I never dreamd that it would last 
You gave me joy you gave me tears 
And took away the wonder years