80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread5

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

Hello you lovely lot, thread 5 here we go!

Post a few lines from a song, 70s, 80s, 90s & let us guess the singer & the title.

The ones that I can think of don't fit those lyrics..
Mercy mercy me??

Is it "Johnny and Mary"?

I've seen all the frowns
On the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free

1978

No one got my last offering. It was Meatloaf, I'd lie for you.

An easy one:

You're still in bed at ten
And work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast, so far
Things are going great

Coffee that's the Rembrandts- Friends theme I'll be there for you

@shinynewapple2020 👍

Is it in his eyes?
Oh no! You'll be deceived
Is it in his sighs?
Oh no! He'll make believe

Originally recorded in 60s, but popular cover released in 90s

Coffee that's the Shoop Shoop song by Cher

Also called Its in his Kiss

It’s the Shoop shoop shit by Cher!

Fleamaker's is really bugging me!

Do you need more, I'll give you the first line..

I've travelled the land
With a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun

Yes, Shoop Shoop (it's in his kiss). Well done all 😊

Hmmm...seems that Robert Palmer one is less well known than I thought. I remember it used to be on the radio constantly at the time.

It’s called Looking for Clues. Which is why I kept mentioning clues in all my posts!

Something completely different - this one’s from the early 90s:

And we were never holding back or worried that
time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
you could always rely on a friend

@SingingBabooshkaBadly
Just googled it... I remember it now, not heard it for years!

@Fleamaker123 - I didn’t imagine it after all then!

I’ve said this before but I seem to find it hard to strike a happy medium between songs that no one recognises at all and songs that everyone identifies in seconds flat!

Is Babooshka's the only one outstanding?

Not getting it immediately.

And I know what you mean about the balance, Babooshka. Although I do absolutely love it if there's a lyric someone else posts and I get it immediately

Yes its good for morale when we get some easy ones!

From the deepest of the darkest of night
On the horizon bright light enters sight,

1990s

No-one got mine from yesterday! It was The Message, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

No I’ve got two outstanding. One I’ve posted two verses of (that was guessed on previous threads) and another posted for Katherine. Both about two pages back. Both indie tracks from the 80s.

Here's an easy one..

In the dock of Tiger Bay
On the road to Mandalay
From Bombay to Santa Fe
Over hills and far away

Ian Dury, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

I expect someone else has got that first though!

Hit me with your rhythm stick. Ian dury. Off to hunt out honey's....