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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 12

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 18/09/2020 21:55

Here we go you lovely lot, Thread 11.

Post some lyrics of a song 70s, 80s, 90s (boundaries may be slightly pushed either way). State the decade & we will try to guess Artist(s) and song.

OP posts:
MarthasGinYard · 26/09/2020 19:51

Rudy

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 19:51

Yes! 👏🏼🙌🏼

MarthasGinYard · 26/09/2020 19:51
Grin

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MarthasGinYard · 26/09/2020 19:52

Awwww

Lighter shade of pale

Beautiful tune

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 19:54

'Lighter shade of pale' which lyric is this to?

FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 19:54

@NeedToKnow101

Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango A Zircon princess seemed to lost her senses

80s

Grandmaster flash!

Took me a while to get to the chorus!

Dont push me cos I'm close to the edge

MarthasGinYard · 26/09/2020 19:54

And don't tell me how to make it pay,
I write a new song every day,
I just wish I was made of wood,
I might not feel pain, even if '

No ones got this beauty yet 🤔

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 19:56

Grandmaster flash!

Took me a while to get to the chorus!

Dont push me cos I'm close to the edge

@FlouncerInDenial - correct!!!! Although full points only for name of song, and who was Grandmaster Flash with? (Evil cackle!)

FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 19:58

I said when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
Oh that you were doin' it wrong, wrong, wrong

FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 20:00

I thought that WAS the title, needtoknow???

Mellie mel?

Original poster
CoffeeBeansGalore · 26/09/2020 20:00

"And don't tell me how to make it pay,
I write a new song every day,
I just wish I was made of wood,
I might not feel pain, even if ' "

Was that used in an advert for wooden fence treatment?

OP posts:
NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 20:01

@FlouncerInDenial

I thought that WAS the title, needtoknow???

Mellie mel?

No that's the chorus Grin
FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 20:01

Can you see them? See right through them

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 20:02

@FlouncerInDenial

Can you see them? See right through them
Our lips are sealed Bananrama
FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 20:03

The 5-piece doorbell starts to chime
The liquid clock burst into song
It's out of tune, the timing's wrong

FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 20:04

Bananarama?????? Leave the thread!

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 20:05

@FlouncerInDenial

Bananarama?????? Leave the thread!
😂😂😂is it the Belle Stars then?
Original poster
CoffeeBeansGalore · 26/09/2020 20:05

Yes to Fleetwood Mac, Everywhere

OP posts:
FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 20:06

Needtoknow, we can no longer be friends

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 20:07

@FlouncerInDenial

Needtoknow, we can no longer be friends
At least this shows I'm not a cheat. Grin I'm sorry; I'll get me nettle coat.
MarthasGinYard · 26/09/2020 20:08

'Was that used in an advert for wooden fence treatment?'

CoffeeShock

It was the amazing Black

Sweetest smile

Honeyroar · 26/09/2020 20:08

Was it Fun Boy 3 (who had Bananarama links to be fair 🤣)

FlouncerInDenial · 26/09/2020 20:09

I'm too disappointed to post, needtoknow

MarthasGinYard · 26/09/2020 20:12

'It's alright with me as long as you are by my side,
talk or just say nothing, I don't mind your looks never lie.
I was always on the run, finding out what I was looking for and
I was always insecure, just until I found'

....

NeedToKnow101 · 26/09/2020 20:12

@Honeyroar

Was it Fun Boy 3 (who had Bananarama links to be fair 🤣)
Yes that explains the mix-up perfectly (thanks for getting me out of that sticky situation @Honeyroar )