If it were 1988 I would make you a nice mixtape With all my favorite songs for Valentine's Day These modern age kids They write a thousand words a day But in the end they don't really got anything to say These modern age boys Don't know a lot about romance They don't know how to write a letter And of cause they don't know how to dance How should I write you a song When I'm already sorry that it took me so long If it were 1988 I would make you a nice mixtape With all my favorite songs for Valentine's Day To get the right compilation I'd record it over and over again Just to tell you: "I love you" in the best way that I can Everything I've got I would give it away for you All my records, all my band shirts And perhaps my guitars too And all I want Is that you trust me when I say I will do the best I can To make you happy every day How should I write you a song When I'm already sorry that it took me so long If it were 1988 I would make you a nice mixtape With all my favorite songs for Valentine's Day To get the right compilation I'd record it over and over again Just to tell you: "I love you" in the best way that I can You are his mom and my wife You've changed my hole life With every song I write I have you on my mind If it were 1988 I would make you a nice mixtape With all my favorite songs for Valentine's Day If it were 1988 I would make you a nice mixtape With all my favorite songs for Valentine's Day To get the right compilation I'd record it over and over again Just to tell you: "I love you" in the best way that I can Just to tell you: "I love you" in the best way that I can Just to tell you: "I love you" in the best way that I can