Hey, does anybody remember 82?Yeah, yeah.You do?Sure.I mean, can I reminisce?Sure, go ahead, go on.You don't mind or anything?If you want to.Can I get personal?Sure.Do what you want to do.I mean, it's not to offend anybody or you don't want to object or anything.Why should I?You sure?Come on.Sure.Which one?Okay.One, two.Yeah.Let me go back further, let me go back further if I may.Yeah, please take it, go on, yeah.Yeah, it was a rainy afternoon, it was two, maybe three months ago, I first started toreminisce, I first started to reflect, you know.I was walking by the Thames at the time and I started to think about the summer of 1980.So what I did, I wrote this down on a piece of lined white paper while I still felt strongabout it.Here's what I recall.I was walking by the Thames at the time and I started to think about the summer of 1980.It was August 1980.I was searching for the spirit of Brendan Beale in the bars of Dublin.I mean, at this point, you know, I had a bit of reputation as something of a searcher.I see, I see.Right.Yeah.I mean, I still have for that matter, but perhaps there's even more at this point.Anyway, I went from one bar to another.I mean, I started off with a couple of friends, but after a short while, I think they justdecided to abandon the search.Well, you know how it is.They probably had other plans or something.Yeah, sure.Yeah.Yeah.Yeah.But, I mean, me, I carried on, you know.I was determined.I went from one bar to another.I went to Brannigan's.I went to Flanagan's.You know, like in the song, you know, the one about the donkey.Yeah, I've heard it.I've heard it.Oh, yeah.Yeah.I mean, like, because the thing is, I've got to confess, you know, at this point, I wasn'tfeeling on top of the world, you know.No?No.Frankly, no.No, sir.What?In other words, you weren't exactly laughing.I mean, I wasn't exactly walking down the road with a spring in my step.You know, happy-go-lucky wasn't my main thing.I mean, I heard that blind man, that man with the glasses.I heard him singing.I didn't like the song, you understand.Oh, right.No.But I did know what he meant about the higher ground.I knew what he meant about the higher ground.You did.I did.Yeah.Yeah.You understood.So, anyway, I went into this one bar.I can't remember the name of it.It doesn't really matter now.But, you know, by this time, I was getting really impatient.So, I plucked up the courage to ask somebody.Yeah.And I noticed a man.He was probably in his early 20s.It was well-built.He had ginger hair and a big, fierce, powerful face.He looked like the type you'd know.I thought, you know.Yeah.I'll say.Excuse me.Do you know where I can find the spirit of Brendan Behan?Said I.Brendan Behan.Said he.Yes.Said I.New York.Said he.New York.Said I.New York.He said again, quickly.That's it.New York, oh man, that's 3,000 miles to the westI mean, you're on the wrong side of the worldOh, so what did you do?Well, what could I do?I just got out of there, I put my coat on, I got out of thereI walked straight out of there, I walked down the roadAnd I started to singOoh, oh, oh, oh, oh, don't matter what you sayOoh, oh, oh, oh, oh, don't matter what you sayIt doesn't matter much latelyDon't, don't matter much latelyIt don't, it don'tIt doesn't matter muchIt doesn't matter, don't matterIt doesn't matter, who mattersIt don't matter, don't matterMuch lately, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it don't matter, it don't, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohoh, oh, it don't matter, oh, oh, oh, it don't matter, it don't matterSo...And then, you know, there's always one or two things to be learnedto be learned from an experience like thisIt don't matterIt don't matterIt don't matterWhat's that?Ken Livingstone is a folk heroBut it's not the rightYou know what I'm talking aboutYou know what I'm sayingI'm making perfect senseYou're the one who's coming out with the carYou know what I'm sayingIt's the truthIt's the truthOh yesIt don't matterIt don't matterIt don't matterIt don't matter