Roller Disco Lyrics

Roller Disco lyrics

The first time that I met my mate

Was in the roller rink where I went to skate 

It was early in the decade around '83 

Back then Maskell's was the place to be 



Pay two quid for your entry fee 

I glide into the arena, ecstasy 

When you were seven you didn't realise 

Most of the adults were stoned out of their eyes 



Some jacked up on the seats around the edge 

Others were so fcuked that they turned into veg 

I didn't care cos I made my pledge 

Rollskating at Maskell's got respect 



I used to listen to Public Enemy 

Erik B and Rakim and BVSMP 

But before that, in 1983 

I'd go breakdancing after my tea 



Down the youth club, eating the fruit pastels 

Saturday morning I'd go down to Maskell's 

It was my favourite place to go 

Dancing all day at the Rollerdisco 



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When Maskells is over it's out on your bike 

Doing bunny hops and wheelies if you like 

Nicking from the shop and comparing your Nike 

Dropping bricks onto trains was a delight 



Then I'd find a weak kid and have a fight 

Use your pocket money to buy a head band for the night 

From Fussels, Newport's health-sports store 

This is the stuff I used to do before 



Draw... Paul Hardcastle, ne-ne-nineteen 

Was always played on the rollerdisco scene 

I would listen to music 'til I went deaf 

Skating around backwards to Axel F 



Even back then I was still wearing gold 

They had an ice rink upstairs, so I was told 

It was ecstasy going round a pillar 

Doing a special dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller 



You-You-You-You-You-You-You-You-You fukin' knows it 



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Eating cola cubes and watching Grange Hill 

Riding my chopper to the Chip shop in Pill 

I didn't know words like 'cunny' or 'vag' 

Getting my 200 metres swimming badge 



Back then you were seven, I was eight 

I only just started to masturbate 

When I was in school the days went slow 

Cos I was dreaming of a fukin' rollerdisco 



I didn't smoke, I didn't drink booze 

I collected Star Wars figures and bubble gum tattoos 

Stuck 'em on my face cos it made me feel hard 

Then popped into the shop to buy some football cards 



Finished the album, Panini '83 

Get back home in time for the A-Team and tea 

Then watch Bullseye, and Saint and Greavsie 

Then go to bed, 'til tomorrow, see? 



I watch the A-Team and Airwolf too 

Before I found drugs and started sniffing glue 

Riding round the lane on my Grifter or my Chopper 

Even back then I was a hip-hopper 



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