80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 16

[CoffeeBeansGalore]

Thread 16 !!!!

Come on over

Post some lyrics of a song from 70s, 80s, 90s (may push slightly either way) with the decade & we will try & guess the song & singer

@Honeyroar
@FlouncerInDenial
@Fleamaker123
@FlouncingBabooshka
@shinynewapple2020
@xsquared
@KatherineJaneway
@Willow2017
@Iggi999
@ThatLibraryMiss
@CrepuscularCritter
@NeedToKnow101
@ellie1967
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@SimplySteveRedux
@CarnageAtTheGardenCentre
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@Torvean32
@everythingisginandroses
@SophieGiroux
@Bluesheep8

@FlouncerInDenial

Brilliant, needtoknow.

Respect!

Points being awarded now. I think we said 12 in total, didn't we?

I think you'll find it's 112 @FlouncerInDenial

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Evening all

Sorry, busy day.

@FlouncerInDenial yes to the Golden Girls, thank you for being a friend 👍😊.

@NeedToKnow101 is still winning the finishing category, by a long way. And, get that message in on the end of this one 🤣.

If you agree to award points @FlouncerInDenial, I think they should stand . . .

Thank you @CoffeeBeansGalore - and there is a certain purity in me finishing off all those threads before awards ceremony were even a twinkle in your eye... no ulterior motive, just love in my heart.

@NeedToKnow101 Awww, that's nice 😊.
Off to work peeps, see you later 👋

Have you ever seen
Some people lose everything
First to go is their mind. huh
Responsibility
To me is a tragedy
I'll get a job some other time, uh-huh

A nicce easy 70s one. Also has a great punk cover version

Lost in music. Sister sledge

Don't know the punk version????

Punk version??

@Bluesheep8

*The old man said to me Said don't always take life so seriously Play the flute And dance and sing your song*

80's

Howard Jones, don't try to live your life in one day? Not sure of exact title!

Punk version Sister Sledge I will definitely need to listen to NeedToKnow!

fleamaker

Life in one day - correct!!!

The Sister Sledge cover was by The Fall.

Just googled it. Not the best cover version! Don’t like his voice.🤪

Mark E Smith is very marmite

And apologies for being pedantic but The Fall weren't a punk band

Just realised how snippy that sounds!

ears prick up

Are you a punk fan, @Bluesheep8?

Well yes, but not exclusively. I wouldn't describe The Fall as a punk band. More post punk?

I did apologise for any perceived sloppiness

Damn autocorrect! snippiness!

@Bluesheep8

And apologies for being pedantic but The Fall weren't a punk band

I knew I'd get pulled up for calling it a punk version.

@FlouncerInDenial

Lost in music. Sister sledge

Don't know the punk version????

Correct. And it's not a punk version

Should I listen what you say
Or listen what your folks say?
It's a tough decision to make
I don't really wanna lose you
1985

Well, I know what's right
And I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushing me around
But I'll stand my ground
1989

The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn,
I can't sleep at night
1980s (originally 1976 but huge 80s cover)

Should I listen what you say
Or listen what your folks say?
It's a tough decision to make
I don't really wanna lose you

That's Colonel Abrams Trapped @CoffeeBeansGalore

The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn,
I can't sleep at night
And that's Tainted Love - Motown (Supremes?) then Soft Cell of course!

@Bluesheep8

Well yes, but not exclusively. I wouldn't describe The Fall as a punk band. More post punk?

V exciting to potentially have a fellow punk fan.

I don't like it exclusively either. But I do like it.
The rest of them aren't keen

@NeedToKnow101 Yes, well done to both although original tainted love was Gloria Jones 👍😊