That's when a smoke was a smoke
And groovin' was groovin'
And dancin' meant everything
We were young and we were improvin'
Laughin', laughin' with our friends
Holdin' hands meant somethin' baby
Outside the club, cherry bomb
Our hearts were really thumpin'
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah
So many sins in these lyrics. What is a smoke now, if it is not a smoke? And rhyming groovin' with improvin'? I protest in the strongest terms. Also, was the club named "Cherry Bomb?" Or were they drinking Cherry Bomb outside the club? Why were there hearts thumpin'? I find it difficult... nay, impossible to imagine a young girl's heart "thumpin'" over a teen John Cougar Melloncamp, white t-shirt with sweat-stained armpits worn under a pair of threadbare overalls, a cigarette dangling from his yellowed teeth, smelling of Indiana manure and stale Falstaff beer. I realize it was a small town, but pickin's could not have been that slim.
And then, the greatest lyric sin of all, the "yeah yeah yeah" repeated for two lines! Lazy, lazy lazy!
So, Terasita and I agree: this song is BAD MUSIC
