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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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CoffeeBeansGalore · 19/10/2020 23:38

@Honeyroar Yes, Pearly Spencer 😊👍

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Fleamaker123 · 20/10/2020 08:50

@FlouncerInDenial

She was born in her birth suit. The doctor slap her behind (SLAP)

80s

Is that Don't mess with my toot toot?
TwigTheWonderKid · 20/10/2020 12:37

These two name- themed ones if mine are outstanding. I've added some more but I've posted lyrics from these songs before and no one's ever got them:

O Xxxxx
O xxxxxx
O xxxxx
Sweet xxxxx!
O xxxxxx
You know you are my friend, yeah
O xxxxxx
And I ain't down here for your money
I ain't down here for your love
I ain't down here for your love or money
I'm down here for your soul
80s

Standin' on a corner,
Suitcase in my hand.
Jack's's in his car, says to XXXX, who's in her vest,
Me, babe, I'm in a rock n' roll band
Riding a Stutz Bear Cat, Jim
ya know, those were different times
all the poets studied rules of verse
and those ladies they rolled their eyes
Xxxxx xxxx
Xxxxx xxxx
Xxxxx xxxx

Now Jack, he is a banker
and Xxxx, she's a clerk
and both of them save their monies
when they get home from work

70s

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FlouncingBabooshka · 20/10/2020 20:48

@TwigTheWonderKid

DH knows your second one. Can he answer, via me, as no one else seems to know it?

FlouncingBabooshka · 20/10/2020 20:49

Well done @shinynewapple2020 on Judy Teen and, yes, the other one was Deborah by T Rex 👏

FlouncingBabooshka · 20/10/2020 20:54

@CoffeeBeansGalore - yes to Babooshka (had to do it eventually didn’t I?)

@ThatLibraryMiss and Coffee, yes to Ruby and Kenny Rogers.

@TwigTheWonderKid well done, know you’d get Andy Warhol. It’s ages since I’ve listened to Pin Ups- I’d forgotten Bowie did a version of See Emily Play. The original was Pink Floyd.

FlouncingBabooshka · 20/10/2020 20:55

Knew you’d get, @TwigTheWonderKid, not know you’d get 🤦‍♀️

FlouncingBabooshka · 20/10/2020 21:20

All these name-themed ones are still outstanding so I’ve added more...
There’s one there that FlouncerinD has missed...

90s
Take a left down echo park, a kid asks do I want some crack
T.V. sets are spewing Baywatch through the windows into black
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
Where lies your heart?
It's not there in the buckskin, baby.
It's not there in the gin
That makes you laugh long and loud.
You're a coward, Xxxxx
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.

80s
Xxx sits back
Reflects his thoughts for the moment
Scratches his heads
And does his best James Dean
Well you know, Xxxx
We oughta run off to the city
Xxxx says, baby
You ain't missin' nuth-in
Xxxx, say-a

70s
Last picture shows down the drive-in
You're so sheer you're so chic
Teenage rebel of the week
Flavours of the mountain steamline
Midnight blue casino floors
Dance the cha-cha through till sunrise
Open up exclusive doors oh wow!

70s
He'd stay awake at night
Lying in his bed
No one ever listened
To a single word he said
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx xxxxxx oh
Xxxxx xxxxxx
Poor little xxxxx wouldn't let go

60s
One sunny day the world was waiting for a lover
She came along and turned on everyone
Xxxxx xxxxx the greatest of them all (Xxxx, xxxx, she's the greatest)
Xxxxx xxxxxx, how did you know?
The world was waiting just for you
The world was waiting just for you

80s
You tell me how can it work
In this all white law
What a short sharp lesson,
What a Third World War
I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever get the chance
just to sit with my children in a holiday jam
our lives seem petty in your gold grey hands
would you give a second thought
would you ever give a damn, I doubt it

80s
Xxxx always hedges her bets
She never knows what to think
She says that he still acts
Like he is being discovered
Scared that he'll be caught
Without a second thought
Running around
Xxxxx feels he's wasting his breath
Trying to talk sense to her
Xxxx says he's lacking a real
Sense of proportion
So she combs her hair
Knows he tires easily

Honeyroar · 20/10/2020 21:26

I’m not very good at this theme. Can’t recognise any of them!

ThatLibraryMiss · 20/10/2020 21:51

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

Virginia Plain, Roxy Music

TwigTheWonderKid · 20/10/2020 22:03

[quote FlouncingBabooshka]@TwigTheWonderKid

DH knows your second one. Can he answer, via me, as no one else seems to know it?[/quote]
Yes please @FloucingBabooshka! Can't beleive no one else knows it.

shinynewapple2020 · 20/10/2020 22:26

I'm surprised no one has got this yet I think you are all pretending you don't know it ! Extra lyrics added

When I'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love
Sweet love

Do you still care when I'm not there
Now do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love
Sweet love

1970s

FlouncingBabooshka · 20/10/2020 22:53

Yes to Virginia Plain, @ThatLibraryMiss!

Thanks @TwigTheWonderKid - guest appearance from my DH with Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground.

TwigTheWonderKid · 20/10/2020 23:00

@FlouncingBabooshka

Yes to Virginia Plain, *@ThatLibraryMiss*!

Thanks @TwigTheWonderKid - guest appearance from my DH with Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground.

Well done MrFlouncingBabooshka! Can't believe no one else got it.
CoffeeBeansGalore · 20/10/2020 23:10

@Honeyroar You & me both 😄

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ThatLibraryMiss · 21/10/2020 11:34

@shinynewapple2020

I'm surprised no one has got this yet I think you are all pretending you don't know it ! Extra lyrics added

When I'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love
Sweet love

Do you still care when I'm not there
Now do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love
Sweet love

1970s

Oh! That's Caroline by Status Quo.
Fleamaker123 · 21/10/2020 18:05

She's so pretty
Her hair is a mess

90's

everythingisginandroses · 21/10/2020 18:41

@FlouncingBabooshka 90s = Eels: Susan's House.

everythingisginandroses · 21/10/2020 18:42

@Fleamaker123 - Maria by Blondie?

shinynewapple2020 · 21/10/2020 18:49

Correct @ThatLibraryMiss

Fleamaker123 · 21/10/2020 18:56

[quote everythingisginandroses]@Fleamaker123 - Maria by Blondie?[/quote]
Sorry, no 🙂

NeedToKnow101 · 21/10/2020 20:42

Evening! I think i've been sulking over overlooked songs, but I might just have been busy ghosting you all because you didn't know the songs I posted, that i've now forgotten..or just maybe have been busy. i also might be a bit pissed on my one glass of red wine

Anyway, back to the game... still the name theme!

90s
We are far too young and clever

late 60s
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red

NeedToKnow101 · 21/10/2020 20:44

She's so pretty
Her hair is a mess

@Fleamaker123 - I know this...

Fleamaker123 · 21/10/2020 20:52

@NeedToKnow101

She's so pretty Her hair is a mess

@Fleamaker123 - I know this...

Yes you will..
Fleamaker123 · 21/10/2020 20:56

NeedToKnow101
We are far too young and clever

Come on Eileen, Dexys midnight runners