Lyrics:

Hey does anybody remember 1982?
(Yeah yeah I remember it too)
You do?
(Yeah)
You sure?
(Yeah)
I mean, can I reminisce here
(Go ahead, go on)
(If you want too)
Can I get personal?
(Sure) (do what you wanna do)
I just don't want to offend anybody or... you know what I mean
You sure?
(Come on) (do what you want)
O.K

One, Two, Yeah!
Uhh
Let me go back further, let me go back further if I may
(Please do go on)
It was uh, It was a rainy afternoon
It was two, maybe three months ago I first started to reminisce
I, I first started to reflect, you know
I was walking by the Thames at the time and I started to think about the summer of 1980
So what I did, I wrote this down on a piece of lined white paper while I still felt strongly about it
Heres what I recall

It was august 1980. I was searching for the spirit of Brandon Beahun in the bars of Dublin
I mean, at this point I had a bit of a reputation as something of a searcher
(I see, I see)
Ya, I mean I still have for that matter but perhaps even more at this point
Anyway, I went from one bar to another
I mean I started off with a couple of friends but after a short while I think they just decided to abandon the search
You know how it is, They must have had other plans or something
(Sure) (yeah)
I mean me, I carried on, I was determined, I went from one bar to another
I went, I went to Brannagans, I went to Flannagans

You know like in the song, the one about the donkey. You know that one?
(Yeah) (yeah yeah I've heard it)
I mean like cause... the thing is I, I've gotta confess at this point I wasn't feeling on top of the world, ya know
(No)
Naw, frankly, no. No sir
(In other words you wasn't exactly laughing)
No, I wasn't exactly walking down the road with a spring in my step. Ya know, happy-go-lucky wasn't... wasn't my middle name
(I know what you mean)

I mean, I'd heard that blind man, that man with the glasses on, I heard him singing
I didn't even like the song you understand
(Of course)
No, but I did know what he meant about the higher ground, you know, I knew what he meant about the higher ground
(You did?)
I did yeah
(You understood)

So anyway, I... I went into this one bar
I can't remember the name of it, It doesn't really matter now
But, I mean, you know by this time I was getting
I was getting really impatient, so I plucked up the courage to ask somebody and... and I noticed a man he was uh probably in his early thirties
He was well built. He had ginger hair and a big fierce powerful face
Ahhh, he looks like the type who'd know I thought, you know
(Yeah)

'Excuse me, do you know where I can find the spirit of Brandon Beahun,' said I
'Breandon Beahun?' said he
'Yes,' said I
'New York,' said he
'New York!' said I
'New York,' he said again quickly

(New York, well)
Yeah
(Well man that's three thousand miles due West!)
Yeah
(I mean you were on the wrong side of the world!)
I know
(Huh, so what did you do?)
Well, what could io do?
I just got out of there, I put my coat on. I got straight out of there. I walked straight out of there. I walked down the road. I started to sing

OoOOOhh OO OOO OOO
Whoahh ahh
[Sharp inhale]
OOO O OOOh ah
OOO O OOOh

Don't matter much lately
Don't, Don't matter much lately
It don't
It don't
It doesn't matter much
OOo OOOo ah
OO OO OO ohhhh
Whoaa a' whoa

It doesn't matter
It don't matter
It doesn't matter
Who matters?
Don't matter
Don't matter
Much lately

(No)
No
(No)
No
(No)
No
(No)
No
(No)
No!
(No!)
No!
No!
It don't matter, it don't
Ohhh ohh ohoh
[*kissing*]
Ow, ow
Huu
(It don't matter)
Ooo Ohhhh
(It don't matter)
Ahhh
(It don't matter)
Fffthhhhh
Ohhh
(It don't matter)(it don't matter)(it don't matter)
OWWWW!
OWWWW!
(It don't matter)
Livin' here there's always uh... one or two things you learn:
(It don't matter)
You laugh at an experience like this
(It don't matter)
I, I uh
(It don't matter)
I know one thing
(It don't matter)
(What's that?)
Ken Livingstone is a folk hero
(What are you talking about)
You know what I'm talking about
(I don't know what your talking bout)
You know what I'm sayin'
I'm making perfect sense
(That's rubbish)
You're the one who's going out
(Nah)
You know what I'm sayin'
(No I don't know what you're talking about)
Its the truth, oh yes
(It don't matter)
(It don't matter)
(It don't matter)
(It don't matter)