[Verse 1] Saturday mornin' cereal bowls on the floor Static snow glow from the tube by the door Spielberg dreams and a Reiner one-liner John Hughes heartache in a high school diner Garbage Pail grins on a bedroom wall Rubik's Cube click never solved it at all Pac Man fever at the corner store Just one more quarter just one more [Chorus] Greatest decade play it back again MTV when it still played bands at 10 Where's the beef on the TV glow It's 10 p.m. do your parents even know? Greatest decade stuck in my head From breakdance spins to a bunk bed spread I was a kid in a world that buzzed This is your brain on love not drugs [Verse 2] Commodore keys loading up slow Blue screen blink then the pixels grow Muppet Babies on a snack-stained couch Laugh track loud till Mom yells out Baby Jessica held our breath so tight Whole world gathered 'round the set that night Parachute pants on a gym floor slide "Gag me with a spoon" just for pride [Chorus] Greatest decade play it back again MTV when it still played bands at 10 Cheers at the bar through the living room haze Everybody felt seen on those weeknight days Greatest decade stuck in my head Boom box beats by the trundle bed I was a kid in a world that buzzed This is your brain on love not drugs [Verse 3] Brat Pack huddle round a Breakfast Club scene Two Coreys shinin' on the VHS screen Church Lady purrin' "Well, isn't that special?" Ed Grimley spinnin' "I must say" so gentle Pop Rocks sizzle "He likes it! Hey Mikey!" Urban-legend hush on the playground fly Pass the can down with a sugared grin Just one more dare just one more spin [Verse 4] "Sweep the leg!" hiss on the dojo mat "Be excellent" where the phone booth sat "Where we're goin' we don't need roads" flux in the dash and the future loads "Life moves pretty fast" on a Chicago ride "It's our time down here" with the Goonie tide "Nanu nanu" wave from a rainbow cap Couch-pile Friday with the world on our lap [Chorus] Greatest decade play it back again MTV when it still played bands at 10 Bo Derek pinups on the bedroom door Matinee magic with a popcorn roar Greatest decade stuck in my head From Atari joys to a race-car bed I was a kid in a world that buzzed This is your brain on love not drugs [Bridge] Rewind the tape gotta track that line Die Hard plays for the thousandth time Tiny hands on a plastic gun Duck, jump, start and you always won [Bridge 2] Challenger rose then the sky went still A reactor's hush on a foreign hill Live Aid hummin' "We Are the World" Hands across the land and a hope unfurled Red ribbons pinned on a denim sleeve Even in shadow we learned to believe [Chorus] Greatest decade play it back again Freeze-frame smiles on my old best friends Where's the beef in a meme-filled feed? All I really want is that simpler speed Greatest decade stuck in my head Neon dreams in a carpeted den I was a kid in a world that buzzed This is your brain on love this is your brain on us
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