80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 8

[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.

That’s because it’s not To Be or Not to Be @VictoriousSockPuppet. This one was a bigger hit than that.

So happy to be wrong... been trying to shoe-horn hose those lyrics in and failing.

Sorry, but I can't think what his other hits were, will have to leave this for someone else.

Ignored the dreams, too many lies
Somewhere deep inside, somewhere deep inside me
I found, the child I used to be
And I know that it's not too late

80's and early 00's. I'll be impressed if someone gets this one

A bit more of mine from earlier:

When your heart has been broken
Hard words have been spoken
It ain't easy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

And if your life ain't worth livin'
And you're ready to give in

That'll be It's Only Love (And That's All) by Bryan Adams, can't remember who the female vocalist was though and it's bugging me!

@SimplySteveRedux Correct, and it was Tina Turner 😁

Give me two strong arms
To protect myself
Give me so much love
That I forget myself
1980s

@SingingBabooshkaBadly

Tony and Cleo struck out for the free down Egypt's way But Caesar had squeezed her in Rome on his quilt for a day.

70s.

Thats the fab B.A.Robertdon Bang bang.

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Give me two strong arms To protect myself Give me so much love That I forget myself 1980s

Eurythmics Right by your side

Thanks for new thread btw just found it and catching up.

And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed
It said, I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him
70s.

I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go
80s

if you could only see
Just how good he's been treating me
You'd give it some blessing right now
80s

@ThatLibraryMiss your last one is Papa Dont Preach by Madonna

Correct @TwigTheWonderKid, and there's a theme connecting it to the other two (vaguely).

@Willow2017 You are welcome, and correct 👍😊

@ThatLibraryMiss I'm guessing then that the link is fsther/papa?

Doh 🙄 *father

Yes, CoffeeBeansGalore, they're all songs about fathers. Got either of the others?

The 70s one is ringing bells with a tune in my head but I can't grasp it at the moment. Someone will post and I will be kicking myself 😁

The 80s one I'm totally blank. Was it a chart topper?

Not a chart topper in the UK, but it did get played. It was one of the singer-songwriter's best known.

And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed
It said, I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him

That's 'Cats in the cradle'
Harry something?

I don't know any of these.. here's an 80s one:

A small boy once asked, When will I grow up
When will I see what grownups do see
In his fight to come of age, he would have to know the age

There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo

Oh sha sha we got to live together

And this ^^ was Everyday People, Sly and the Family Stone

@NeedToKnow101

I don't know any of these.. here's an 80s one:

A small boy once asked, When will I grow up
When will I see what grownups do see
In his fight to come of age, he would have to know the age

Stevie Wonder Mama Used to Say.

Junior, not stevie wonder

But I've been rubbish tonight

I read you books and talked for hours

Late 80s