Gonna write you a letter Gonna mail it today So you won't escape from These things I wanna say Wanna thank you for the privilege I wanna thank you for the pain I'll be handin' you the ashes With a thank you for the game We stood on the balcony And we watched it together We were modern man and woman Who changed like the weather We were one day goin' hot The next day goin' cold One day growin' restless The next day growin' old Waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81 Sign up or go underground In the summer of '81 There's no time for the letter And there's no one on the phone So I'll pretend that we're together I don't want to go alone No, no, no, no We stood on the balcony And we watched it together We were modern man and woman Who changed like the weather We were one day goin' hot The next day goin' cold One day growin' restless The next day growin' old Waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81 Sign up or go underground In the summer of '81 We we're waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81 Sign up or go underground In the summer of '81 Well, we were waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81 Waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81 Waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81 Waiting for the countdown In the summer of '81