The Way We Lived Then

Intro: verse 1 Caviar on the table, Champagne in the glass We laughed and we jeered at the poor working class We drank to their ruin, we drank to their shame We pissed on their problems, said they were to blame Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then The way we lived then verse 2 Jason wore braces and slicked his hair down Ben had the number of each deb in town I was a member of every new club And I used my gold card to pay every sub For the way we lived then, the way we lived then The way we lived then Oh, the way we lived then Selling Deutschmark or Yen Never thinking of where did it come from How long would it last us, or when Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday For the Porsche and the Rolls that were our only goals Me and Jason and Ben Oh, the way we lived then verse 3 Jason met Sarah, a girl in P.R. They had a white wedding, all paid for by Pa Borrowed a fortune to buy their first pad It was two hundred K, but then prices were mad The way we lived then, the way we lived then The way we lived then verse 4 Jason said, three years, we'll sell and move on Then suddenly, we turned and Maggie was gone Ben said, don't worry, she's schooled them all well So, we drank to the sending of a message to hell Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then The way we lived then Oh, the way we lived then Selling Deutschmark or Yen Never thinking of where did it come from How long would it last us, or when Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday For the Porsche and the Rolls that were our only goals Me and Jason and Ben Oh, the way we lived then Verse 5 Sarah got pregnant, then Jason got fired Ben took a pay cut and I felt too tired Burnt out at thirty and sacked on the day The repo man took my red Roller away Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then The way we lived then Instrumental: Verse 6 Now there's bread on the table and beer in the glass But it's merely a set back for breeding and class Monopoly money means 'always pass go' And we'll surely pass you if you're going too slow And we'll live it again, the way we lived then We'll live it again Yes, we'll live it again Selling Deutschmark or Yen Only this time we'll know where it comes from We'll know how to keep it, and then We'll make someone else pay for our mad holiday For the Porsche and the Rolls that are our only goals Me and Jason and Ben We'll live it again The way we lived then We'll live it again