1982

Operator please connect me with Nineteen Eighty Two

I need to make apologies for what I didn't do

I sure do need to tell her that I thought the whole thing through

And now it's clear that she is what

I should have held onto

They say hindsight's 20 20 but I'm nearly goin blind

From starin at her photograph and wishing she was mine

It's that same old lost love story it's sad but it's true

There was a time when she was mine in Nineteen Eighty Two

Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp

One to send a letter from this crazy lonely man

Back into the wasted years of my living past

I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last

They say hindsight's 20 20 but I'm nearly goin blind

From starin at her photograph and wishing she was mine

It's that same old lost love story it's sad but it's true

There was a time when she was mine in Nineteen Eighty Two

Losing my mind going back in time to Nineteen Eighty Two ^[1]