You've Got To Roll With The Punches To Get To What's Real

1984
Van Halen (1984)

One of the greatest rock albums of the 80's is turning forty years old today.  Van Halen's 1984 was released on January 9th, 1984 and went on to sell over ten million copies and produced for hit singles: I'll Wait, Hot For Teacher, Panama, and one of my favorite songs of all time, Jump.

I didn't have the album until I was a teenager, but I had a 45 single of Jump in my box of records since before I started kindergarten and I can't begin to count how many times I played that thing throughout my childhood.  No other song captures the 80's for me as much as this does.

Jump 

Van Halen (1984)

I get up, and nothing gets me down

You got it tough, I've seen the toughest around

And I know, baby, just how you feel

You got to roll with the punches to get to what's real

Oh, can't you see me standing here

I got my back against the record machine

I ain't the worst that you've seen

Oh, can't you see what I mean

Ah, might as well jump

Might as well jump

Go ahead and jump

Go ahead and jump

Hello... Hey, you... Who said that

Baby, how you been

You say you don't know

You won't know until you begin

So can't you see me standing here

I've got my back against the record machine

I ain't the worst that you've seen

Oh, can't you see what I mean

Ah, might as well jump

Go ahead and jump

Might as well jump

Go ahead and jump