80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 13

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

Here we go again you lovely lot, Thread 13.

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.

@Honeyroar
@FlouncerInDenial
@Fleamaker123
@FlouncingBabooshka
@shinynewapple2020
@xsquared
@KatherineJaneway
@Willow2017
@Iggi999
@ThatLibraryMiss
@CrepuscularCritter
@NeedToKnow101
@ellie1967
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@SimplySteveRedux
@CarnageAtTheGardenCentre
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@Torvean32

If you notice I've missed anyone please tag them 😊

@FlouncerInDenial

Not necessarily, Iggi, but mine do have a theme. Are you off for 2 weeks like coffee?

Nah, just the one (well depending on the government I suppose..!) Right will think of a song..

Early 90s

But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out

@shinynewapple2020
Look no one comes near ......

Eleanor Rigby
By The Beatles ?

Typo
No one comes near
Look at him working
I need to get to bed

I was so upset that I cried
All the way to the chip shop

Is that Gordon is a moron @shinynewapple2020?

It's called jilted john, needtoknow

I see your folks have gone away
Would you dance with me today
I'll show you how to have a good time

Angie Baby, Helen Reddy

Correct with dexy's shiny.

Arrgh. I def know both your 70s ones but can't think. And have to work. Double arrrgh

Still in the theme:

And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
60s

Love a guy who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up, love him and he'll bring you luck
And if ya find he helps your mind, better take him home
Yeah 'n don't you live alone, try to earn what lovers own
70s

He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up for everyone, " he said
Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads
70s

The kids today, they think that they've discovered everything.
But me and her, well we'd done it all without a wedding ring.
And sometimes things remind us, and she's smiling back at me,
70s
A difficult one, but the writer still sings it on tour and has a wall full of photos of babies named for it.

And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
Suzanne - leonard Cohen

One for the theme...

Not quite a year since she went away
Now she's gone and I have to say

80's

@Daffodil1967 correct with Eleanor Rigby

@NeedToKnow101 and @FlouncerInDenial correct with Jilted John (aka Gordon is a Moron)

@ThatLibraryMiss correct with Angie baby

@Fleamaker123

One for the theme...

Not quite a year since she went away
Now she's gone and I have to say

80's

That's Rosanna by Toto (I always wondered what it was he would have to do to "meet you all the way")

😂🤣
I always thought it sounded like he was singing 'that farty year since you went away' 😂

Sorry, correct Iggi for Rosanna ✅

Did he turn to beans in his grief?!

@Iggi999

Did he turn to beans in his grief?!

😂 Possibly!

@Breathmiller, correct with Suzanne, and you and I seem to have similar musical tastes.

More lyrics from mine from last night..

Oh it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out

Different song..(70s)
The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
And then I heard her say

She cheers me up when I feel alone
And that's why baby I've got to let you know

80's

The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
And then I heard her say

Hello, this is Joanie,
I'm sorry, but I'm not home

Thanks for the earworm!

The cheers me up one is Joanna by Cool and the Gang.

(Ps, on a good note, my mum hasn’t got cancer!)

That's good to hear @Honeyroar ; one less worry .

Yes Honeyroar for Kool and the Gang 👍
Glad your mum is ok 😊