Judge Dread - Bring Back The Skins lyrics

Oh dear Not worthwhile going out Don't play much reggae in the clubs Still, I can still dream Every Wednesday the papers came out The Record Mirror best thing about Brutus Crombie he was a lad When we were skins All the dancehalls were full of skins Sometimes you'd get your head kicked in But still one day, reggae will be king again I hope so anyway Reggae We'd live and die for Friday night Off to the Palais and have a fight Dance to reggae most of the night When we were skins Above all this our one big hope Was pull a bird and have a grope And if you were lucky she'd take you home When we were skins When mom and dad went off to bed You'd stay and maybe have your hand away You never know it might come back When we were skins I had a bird with her hair cropped short Heard pull it about she was quite the sport But that's what your mates were for we all shared birds When we were skins The stupid topper in a family way Off hours pleasure now I've got to pay But it won't change the way I feel I'm still a skin Music crazes come and go And down at Palais I still make a show But all the birds are dressing up Like something out of the 40's Granny's flowers and a real long skirt Stiletto heels, I bet they hurt And when they dance it's a real cheap thrill But they're not skins We used to dance all night till 6 To reggae sounds just like Big 6 Those were the days, hope they come back I really do Reggae! We'd live and die for Friday night Off to the Palais and have a fight Dance to reggae most of the night When we were skins Above all this our one big hope Was flag a bird and have a crafty grope And if you were lucky she'd take you home And let you in Of course I'm down for that La la la la la la