83

And don't you think I should have had some say in that decision
Thinking 'bout my brother Ben

Oh, if only my life was more like 1983
If only am I alive
Oh, if only my life was more like 1983
I wanna be superman
And these days
I wish I was 6 again
If only am I alive

Or confused themselves with dreams
If my life was more like 1983

Like they were at the start of me
Purest little part of me
When came the day that it got thrown away
I wanna be superman

Frozen in front of me
And smiling 'cause I'm scared as Hell
Like they were at the start of me
'Wrapped around your finger' on the radio
You can paint that house a rainbow of colors

Oh, make me a red cape

Where the actor's names have changed, oh well
And everything is as it was
Well, these days
If only am I alive
I miss him every day
Plot a course to the source of the

Romanticizing years ago
All these things would be more
And most of my memories have escaped me
Here I stand, 6 feet small
But it's a bitter sweet feeling hearing
I wish I was 6 again

Rip out the floorboards, replace the shutters
Here I stand, 6 feet small
Send your prayers to me, care of 1983
Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie
All these things would be more

But that's my plastic in the dirt
Had it made in '83
Whatever happened to my, whatever happened to my
Whatever happened to my lunchbox
Well, he looks just like his brother John
But on an 18 month delay
Oh, make me a red cape
If Heaven's all we want it to be