80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 9

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

Ok folks here we go again!

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

All 70s

We're gonna ride
Till there ain't no more to go
Taking it slow

You’ve been telling me you're a genius
Since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you
I still don't know what you mean

With your mind you have ability to form
And transmit thought energy far beyond the norm
You close your eyes, you concentrate

@SingingBabooshkaBadly
Your first one is Neil Diamond Cracklin Rosie

And the last one I think is the Carpenters
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Always thought that was a strange song, completely different to all their other work

And the middle one is Reelin' in the years by Steely Dan.

@NeedToKnow101

It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls There's a man outside In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette

Late 70s

That’s Tubeway Army, Are friends Electric.

Spot on Librarymiss and Shinyapple.

It is such an odd song isn’t it Shiny? I’ve only just found out it’s a cover version.

His international style
Exudes an air of royalties
His eighty eight key smile
Is so pleasant to see
'80

Not recognising any of the outstanding ones 🤔

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it up
So easily
To you my love
To dreams that never will come true

70's

@Fleamaker123

His international style Exudes an air of royalties His eighty eight key smile Is so pleasant to see '80

Diana Ross - My Old Piano?

@SingingBabooshkaBadly -
"That’s Tubeway Army, Are friends Electric."

Correct 🙌🏼

Correct KatherineJaneway 👏

@SingingBabooshkaBadly correct with The Cure.
Is your first one of the 80s one Japanese Boy by Anika?

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it up
So easily
To you my love
To dreams that never will come true

If I can't have you, Yvonne Elliman

Yes Flea!

I'd have sworn that with time
Thoughts of you leave my head
I was wrong, now I find
Just one thing makes me forget
1980s

Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
1980s

@CoffeeBeansGalore

I'd have sworn that with time Thoughts of you leave my head I was wrong, now I find Just one thing makes me forget 1980s

Red red wine - UB40

@CoffeeBeansGalore

I'd have sworn that with time Thoughts of you leave my head I was wrong, now I find Just one thing makes me forget 1980s

Red Red Wine
UB40

I think there was also a version by someone like Neil Diamond

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Opposites attract It's physical Only logical 1980s

What's live got to do with it
Tina Turner

Love

Is this my beginning
Or is it the end

1970s

Oh take your time
Don't live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
You'll find a woman and you'll find love

1970s

@Honeyroar - yes, it’s Japanese Boy. I got very excited this morning when I remembered it. Not because I like it, just because it was one I didn’t think had featured before.

@shinynewapple2020 I think Red Red Wine was actually written by Neil Diamond (I might have got that wrong 🤔)

@shinynewapple2020 - I think that’s When Will I See You Again by the Three Degrees.