80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 7

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

Ok folks here we go again!

Post a few lines of lyrics & let the rest of us have a go at guessing the song & artist.
Songs from 70s, 80s 90s.

OK, now I'm firmly stuck in the cheesier part of the 70s, ehat about:
Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong

@VictoriousSockPuppet - yes 20 20 vision by George Benson

Oh I don't know any of these!!! I'm too cool for school😎

@TwigTheWonderKid

OK, now I'm firmly stuck in the cheesier part of the 70s, ehat about: Goodbye Papa please pray for me I was the black sheep of the family You tried to teach me right from wrong

Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun

Yes Iggi, Shine On, as in "she, she she she shine on" First band I saw live in the 6th form, back when it was 6th form not Year 12 or whatever....

@TwigTheWonderKid is your earlier one Copacobana Barry Manilow ?

Oh sorry that's already been got - working my way back trying to see what I've missed / what's outstanding

@shinynewapple2020 indeed it is. Thanks to my mother I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of Barry's lyrics which I suspect may be somewhat niche so thought I'd better give you all one his better known ouevres.

Try me, twig. My mother was a fan too

@idlevice - you mustn’t apologise for the Cliff love-in - this is a safe place. We can confess anything here. In that spirit, here are some lyrics from the first single I ever bought for myself. There is zero street displayed here. I wonder if anyone will admit to knowing it?

1974 (I was ten - that’s my only excuse)

And there was no sound at all
But the clock upon the wall
Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside

Okey dokey @VictoriousSockPuppet knock yourself out:

Song 1
Now you're here and my arms are around you
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street

Song 2
Now some people say happiness takes so very long to find
Well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me

Song 3
Shadows of a man
A face through a window

Song 4
I see her sitting on his blanket
I see them going for a swim
And when I run to find my woman
I find her running after him.

Oops - just checked the dates. That was actually the second single I bought. I’ll post the first one later.

@TwigTheWonderKid song number 3 is Barry Manilow - Mandy

I'm really behind here !! So are they all Barry Manilow!!!!

They are @shinynewapple2020. @VictoriousSockPuppet and I are having a Barry-fest. If you lot aren't careful I will be moving on to my Barbara Streisand catalogue...

[quote SingingBabooshkaBadly]@idlevice - you mustn’t apologise for the Cliff love-in - this is a safe place. We can confess anything here. In that spirit, here are some lyrics from the first single I ever bought for myself. There is zero street displayed here. I wonder if anyone will admit to knowing it?

1974 (I was ten - that’s my only excuse)

And there was no sound at all
But the clock upon the wall
Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside[/quote]
Is that The Night Chicago Died
Paper Lace?

I give up on the Barry Manilow then

1970's. Covered in 1990's

I can't continue guessing
Because it's only messing
With my pride and my mind

Here's something from a similar time to the Manilow but a different genre:

Tourists swarm to see your face
Confucius has a puzzling grace
Disoriented you enter in
Unleashing scent of wild jasmine
Late 70s

No 4 is Bermuda triangle
No 3, agree is mandy
No 2 is cant smile without you.

Not sure about no 1

Shiny, is yours love me for a reason???

The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes
And the feeling is strong

No sunshine, no moonlight, no stardust, no sign of romance
We don't stand a chance

Both 70s, I think

Twig, that's the glorious siouxsie.
Hong kong garden

You hardly talk to me anymore
When I come through the door at the end of the day

70s

See me pon the road I hear you call out to me
True you see mi inna pants and ting

Sorry, that was 70s

Better think of your future
Else you'll wind up in jail

70s