Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties My mother cried When President Kennedy died She said it was the Communists I knew better Would they drop the bomb on us While we made love on the beach? We were the class they couldn't teach We knew better We were born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties We stand like statues on the pages of history Living was never like this, we took all those G.C.E.'s Oh you opened the door for us Then you turned to dust You don't understand us So don't reprimand us We're taking the future We don't need no teacher Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fif-fifties Yeah, yeah, yeah