Reagan Youth

95 degrees and it's summer '81
 Window unit suffocation
 Steam out on the lawn
 Stretching khaki on the seats
 Rubber melting on the streets
 Cable's getting cheaper but there's something going on
 Reagan Youth taught you how to feel
 Reagan Youth showed you what was real
 But to tell the truth
 There was more than one Reagan youth
 You can see your breath at the end of '89
 Cause the heat all drained away
 And your friends do not look fine
 Half of them go underground
 Half just disappear
 Either busted like a union
 Or reanimate with fear
 Reagan Youth taught you how to feel
 Reagan Youth showed you what was real
 But to tell the truth
 There was more than one Reagan youth
 Reagan Youth sharpening their teeth
 Reagan Youth learning how to breathe
 Now we know the truth
 There was more than one Reagan youth
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