The Best of Times

It was the Eighties, I must have been
Sixteen or seventeen
And I remember going through that door
Where the owner smiled at me in favorite record store

I was a three minute hero
On a night boat to Cairo
I went one step beyond
With Pauline and James Bond

It was the best of times – when we danced all night to Two Tone Ska
It was the best of times – and every day we could feel the heat
It was the best of times – with all manners of madness in the mind
It was the best of times – with a special selected beat

I’ve passed the Nougthies, I’ve been around
Sometimes I come to see my old stomping ground
Then I dust my scooter and I start to drive
With that old soundtrack in my head, the feeling’s still alive

Still a three minute hero
On a night boat to Cairo
Going one step beyond
With Pauline and James Bond

It was the best of times – when we danced all night to Two Tone Ska
It was the best of times – and every day we could feel the heat
It was the best of times – with all manners of madness in the mind
It was the best of times – with a special selected beat

[Music & Lyrics: R. A. Jung]
Release: "Straight Ahead" (album)