Скачать или смотреть Robert Rotifer: That Was The Time

From the album Holding Hands in Petrópolis
Song by Robert Rotifer
Robert Rotifer: Guitars, bass, percussion, some keys, vocals
Fay Hallam: Harpsichord, organ
Helen McCookerybook: Vocals
Ernst Molden: Harmonica
Ian Button: Drums

Camera; Judith Lacina-Moser, Veronika Molden, Naimad
Drawings: Robert Rotifer
Edit & post: Lelo Brossmann

© Gare du Nord Records, 2023

Lyrics:

That was the Time

Back in the 1980s I was a teenage fool
I had some badges they didn't let me wear at school
We gave out pamphlets to the workers
But they wouldn't down their tools
Surprise surprise

It was no time for the common good
And so they sold it off
Yes we protested
But clearly not nearly enough
Could be we were far too busy falling in and out of love

And that was the time
That was our time
That was the time
That was our time

Then in the nineties
When they were cleaning up
They called it the Third Way
But they were just clearing out the shop
Yes we all knew it was bullshit
But we swallowed every drop

And that was the time
That was our time
That was our time
That was the time

Well I bet you couldn't wait
For an uplifting middle-eight
To tell you exactly how things might have gone differently
Well I appreciate all the books and films about going back in time
Watch and read them now
Don't leave it to posterity
Which there won't be

Remember in the zeros we had our bubble burst
And when the 2010s came round we were ready for the worst
This song is so self-referential
It's just hit its final verse

And that was the time
That was our time
That was the time
That was our time
Now it's gone