Lyrics:

We were born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**My mother cried**lf**When president Kennedy died**lf**She said it was the communists**lf**But I knew better**lf**Would they drop the bomb on usWhile we made love on the beach**lf**We were the class they couldn''t teach**lf**''Cos we knew better**lf**We were born**lf**Born in the fiftiesBorn**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**They screamed**lf**When the Beatles sang**lf**And they laughed when the King fell down the starsOh they should''ve known better**lf**Oh we hated our Aunt**lf**Then we messed in our pants**lf**Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV**lf**Oh we should''ve known better**lf**We were born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**Born**lf**Born in the fifties**lf**We freeze like statues on the pages of history**lf**Living was never like this when we took all those G.C.E.''s**lf**Oh you opened the door for us**lf**And then you turned to dust**lf**You don''t understand us**lf**So don''t reprimand us**lf**We''re taking the future**lf**We don''t need no teacher**lf**(repeat chorus to fade)</font>