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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 13

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 03/10/2020 22:33

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 😊

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ThatLibraryMiss · 17/10/2020 22:00

@midgebabe

Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely We filled it up with only two

Oh, might be late 60's

Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond. I thought it was 70s.
ThatLibraryMiss · 17/10/2020 22:01

@FlouncingBabooshka

Posting this because I heard it earlier and it’s a bloody brilliant song

You want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she says her love is dead
You think she needs you

1960s

For no-one, The Beatles. Yes, great song. From Revolver, I think?
CoffeeBeansGalore · 17/10/2020 22:02

Go close your eyes
Cause I'll close mine
The sun will shine from time to time
Oh, just dream of me, Yeah
1990s

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ThatLibraryMiss · 17/10/2020 23:10

Outstanding of mine from yesterday, theme of names, now with more lines:

Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up, love her and she'll bring you luck
And if you find she helps your mind, better take her home
Boy, don't you live alone, try to earn what lovers own
Even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with you, honey
Everything will bring a chain of love
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
Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin
"Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?"
Then he moved into the corner, face down
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,
It ain't hard growing old...
She wasn't all I wanted but she's all I'll ever need
Oh, a rich man and a poor fool and I was rich indeed
70s
A difficult one, but the writer still sings it on tour and has a wall full of photos of babies named for it.

FlouncingBabooshka · 17/10/2020 23:12

Yes, @ThatLibraryMiss 👏🌟👏🌟👏🌟 You’re right it’s from Revolver. Great album, great song. Heard it earlier and it made me well up (tired and emotional!)

ThatLibraryMiss · 17/10/2020 23:25

Colours changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
70s

Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side
00s

All your life you've never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
70s

Please, Mrs Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye
70s

FlouncingBabooshka · 17/10/2020 23:44

@ThatLibraryMiss

The first one is Vincent by Don McLean and the last is Sylvia’s Mother by Doctor Hook.

I feel like I should know the others but am feeling a little fuzzy headed...

ThatLibraryMiss · 17/10/2020 23:52

Yes, FlouncingBabooshka, well done! The others were big hits (and tbf so were two of the previous ones of mine).

FlouncerInDenial · 18/10/2020 00:22

@FlouncingBabooshka

Did anyone get Houdini by lovely, lovely Kate Bush?
Not until now Was waiting for you, lovely x
FlouncerInDenial · 18/10/2020 00:28

Library, I'm recognising them, but I'm too drunk to sing my way to the titles! Tomorrow is another day!

NeedToKnow101 · 18/10/2020 07:40

Morning! Yes today's another day. Hope no serious hangovers.. continuing the name theme..

What's her name?
Is that her there?
Oh, Christ, I think he's even combed his hair
Is that her?
Well, then what's her name?
Oh, it's never gonna be the same
70s

When you've been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you when there's no hope in sight
00s

Cause when you say you will, it always means you won't
80s

Appeal to the governor of Louisiana
You may get an answer the process is slow
Federal government too much to help him
It's been nearly five years
And they won't let him go
80s

NeedToKnow101 · 18/10/2020 08:12

One more..

Those that stand aside and watch
The soul movin, groovin, movin, groovin
Stand, clap your hands be the one to show
Your love, overflowin, overflowin

90s

CoffeeBeansGalore · 18/10/2020 09:35

Morning

Cause when you say you will, it always means you won't
Hey Mickey, Toni Basil

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NeedToKnow101 · 18/10/2020 10:35

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Morning

Cause when you say you will, it always means you won't
Hey Mickey, Toni Basil

Correct of course @CoffeeBeansGalore 🙌🏼Smile

FlouncingBabooshka · 18/10/2020 11:06

Hmm...sobriety has not improved my ability to identify those outstanding lyrics so instead I’ll just post more on the name theme (apologies in advance for any duplications I’ve missed)

70s
I have a friend in town, he's heard your name
We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row

90s
Here comes a girl with long brown hair who can't be more than seventeen
She sucks on a red Popsicle while she pushes a baby girl in a pink carriage
And I'm thinking, that must be her sister
That must be her sister, right?

70s
She's so bold and me feeling old, just stroking her face
Super troubadour, he can show you more than her lace

60s
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high

70s
You're running away from humanity.
You're running away from reality.
It won't be funny when they rat-a-tat-tat you down.

70s
The sergeant cried, We've got to hang on, boys!
We've got to hold this piece of ground
I need a volunteer to ride up
And bring us back some extra men

70s
The mama looked down and spit on the ground
Every time my name gets mentioned

80s
Will you meet him on the main line, or will you catch him on the rebound?
Will you marry for the money, take a lover in the afternoon?

Late 50s
I will always want you for my sweetheart
No matter what you do

80s
Xxx sits back
Reflects his thoughts for the moment
Scratches his head

60s
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again

70s
Last picture shows down the drive-in
You're so sheer you're so chic
Teenage rebel of the week

80s
Not quite a year since she went away

80s
Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own
And a delicate look in her eye
These days I'm afraid she's not even sure
If her name is Xxxxx

He'd stay awake at night
Lying in his bed
No one ever listened
To a single word he said

70s
Di-di-di-di-di-di-di
O dug a re dug n dug a re dug - re dug
Di-di-di-di-di-di-di
Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

ThatLibraryMiss · 18/10/2020 12:18

I have a friend in town, he's heard your name
We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row
Ricky don't lose that number, Steely Dan

Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, The Beatles

The sergeant cried, We've got to hang on, boys!
We've got to hold this piece of ground
I need a volunteer to ride up
And bring us back some extra men
Billy don't be a hero. Paper Lace?

The mama looked down and spit on the ground
Every time my name gets mentioned
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard, Paul Simon

I will always want you for my sweetheart
No matter what you do
Oh Carol, Neil Sedaka

CoffeeBeansGalore · 18/10/2020 13:18

Not quite a year since she went away

Rosanna Toto

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NeedToKnow101 · 18/10/2020 13:22

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Not quite a year since she went away

Rosanna Toto

@CoffeeBeansGalore - I was gonna day that. But I forgot Grin

TwigTheWonderKid · 18/10/2020 14:02

Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own
And a delicate look in her eye
These days I'm afraid she's not even sure
If her name is..
Veronica, Elvis Costello

FlouncingBabooshka · 18/10/2020 14:07

Just scrolling back to check I’m not posting loads of stuff that’s just recently been posted (sorry - doubled up in Roasnna and other one I’ve instantly forgotten) and spotted the great news about your mum @Honeyroar. So pleased to hear that you must all be so relieved!

TwigTheWonderKid · 18/10/2020 14:10

This is the other doubled up one @FlouncingBabooshka:

Will you meet him on the main line, or will you catch him on the rebound?
Will you marry for the money, take a lover in the afternoon?

Gloria, Laura Brannigan

FlouncingBabooshka · 18/10/2020 14:10

A great run for @ThatLibraryMiss - well done
And to @CoffeeBeansGalore for Rosanna (again 😳!) and @TwigTheWonderKid for Veronica

🌟🌟🌟

FlouncingBabooshka · 18/10/2020 14:11

Ah yes, thanks @TwigTheWonderKid - well done anyway!

FlouncerInDenial · 18/10/2020 14:14

...a daisy chain
Dear prudence. The beatles/siouxsie.

One of mine was siouxsie too, but no one's got it yet.

NeedToKnow101 · 18/10/2020 15:04

My outstanding name ones from this morning.

What's her name?
Is that her there?
Oh, Christ, I think he's even combed his hair
Is that her?
Well, then what's her name?
Oh, it's never gonna be the same
70s

When you've been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you when there's no hope in sight
00s

Appeal to the governor of Louisiana
You may get an answer the process is slow
Federal government too much to help him
It's been nearly five years
And they won't let him go
80s