The first time that I met my mate
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Was in the roller rink where I went to skate
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It was early in the decade around '83
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Back then Maskell's was the place to be
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Pay two quid for your entry fee
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I glide into the arena, ecstasy
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When you were seven you didn't realise
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Most of the adults were stoned out of their eyes
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Some jacked up on the seats around the edge
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Others were so fcuked that they turned into veg
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I didn't care cos I made my pledge
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Rollskating at Maskell's got respect
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I used to listen to Public Enemy
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Erik B and Rakim and BVSMP
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But before that, in 1983
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I'd go breakdancing after my tea
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Down the youth club, eating the fruit pastels
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Saturday morning I'd go down to Maskell's
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It was my favourite place to go
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Dancing all day at the Rollerdisco
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ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-nineteen eighty three
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When Maskells is over it's out on your bike
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Doing bunny hops and wheelies if you like
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Nicking from the shop and comparing your Nike
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Dropping bricks onto trains was a delight
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Then I'd find a weak kid and have a fight
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Use your pocket money to buy a head band for the night
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From Fussels, Newport's health-sports store
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This is the stuff I used to do before
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Draw... Paul Hardcastle, ne-ne-nineteen
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Was always played on the rollerdisco scene
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I would listen to music 'til I went deaf
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Skating around backwards to Axel F
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Even back then I was still wearing gold
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They had an ice rink upstairs, so I was told
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It was ecstasy going round a pillar
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Doing a special dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller
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You-You-You-You-You-You-You-You-You fukin' knows it
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ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-nineteen eighty three
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Eating cola cubes and watching Grange Hill
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Riding my chopper to the Chip shop in Pill
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I didn't know words like Cunny or Vag
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Getting my 200 metres swimming badge
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Back then you were seven, I was eight
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I only just started to masturbate
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When I was in school the days went slow
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Cos I was dreaming of a fukin' rollerdisco
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I didn't smoke, I didn't drink booze
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I collected star wars stickers and bubble gum tattoos
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Stuck 'em on my face cos it made me feel hard
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Then popped into the shop to buy some football cards
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Finished the album, Panini '83
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Get back home in time for the A-Team and tea
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Then watch Bullseye, and Saint and Greavsie
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Then go to bed, 'til tomorrow, see?
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I watch the A-Team and Airwolf too
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Before I found drugs and started sniffing glue
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Riding round the lane on my Grifter or my Chopper
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Even back then I was a hip-hopper
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ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-nineteen eighty three
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Roller Disco
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