~I am he...

I am the one going to the point of no return, the one with the superbowl shuffle...the one who watched the shuttle explode the first time...I am the one who took up for Ozzy when they accussed him of biting a bat...I learned to just say no, and then did...I watched in awe when A-Ha went from man to cartoon to man to cartoon...I had a crush on Daisy Duke and on every single Hee Haw girl except for Lulu...I saw when Alexis Carrington got her but kicked by Linda Evans...I owned several 8 tracks and thought I was cool...I am a child of the 80s...I am he...

I loved Van Halen and painted checkerboards on my Vans...I crisscrossed my shoelaces and got carpetburns from learning to break dance...I got pretty good and then it went away...only to come back when I am too old to try...I wore acid washed jeans and aviator sunglasses...I tied a bandana around my neck...I drove a Trans Am like The Bandit...I roller skated and camped out for tickets to see U2...I bought a CD and secretly preferred cassettes...

I did not start the fire...and held on to the nights...I liked it hot...and rang hells bells...I saved it till the morning after and I walked like an Egyptian...I lived on a prayer and took the highway to the danger zone...rocked in time and it was tricky...and I fought for my right to party... and I though I was cool...I am a child of the 80s...I am he...

I switched a channel by hand...I watched a movie in Betamax...I can show you how to change a needle on a record player...and how to properly care for vynil records...I collected garbage pail kids...and had a crush on Tiffany...I hated the new kids on the block because my girlfriend loved them...I secretly pulled for Argentina and told everyone I pulled for Britain during the Falkans war...I watched on my tv screen as Chernobyl blew up...and watched Mike Tyson's head hit the canvas for the first time...I am a child of the 80s...I am he.

I went back to the future...and took a day off like Ferris Beuler..(it did not go that well for me)...I quoted Airplane...and yes, I cried watching Ghost...I've said Beetlejuice 3 times and nothing happened...I watched The Smurfs and The Chipmunks...and even the Punky Brewster Cartoon...Chuck Norris was a hero...and Bo Derek was a goddess...I dreamed a little dream and busted ghosts...I wore a full metal jacket in the middle of my platoon...I drank Kool-Aid and Shasta...and did the Karate Kid Kick...I am a child of the 80s I am he...

I fell in love with a girl and never fell out...she was a child of the 80s...yeah that's still me.