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80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 18 🎅

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 21/12/2020 22:59

Thread 18 Xmas Smile

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
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@Fleamaker123
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@xsquared
@Willow2017
@Iggi999
@ThatLibraryMiss
@CrepuscularCritter
@NeedToKnow101
@perditasugarplum
@TwigTheWonderKid
@idlevice
@midgebabe
@SimplySteveRedux
@CarnageAtTheElfsXmasParty
@AJumpedUpPantryBoy
@zaphodbeeble
@everythingisginandroses
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@Bluesheep8

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Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 21:16

I couldn’t get that one.

midgebabe · 26/12/2020 21:17

I'm wandering off on a pretty naff 70s number from ...Donnie and Marie ...help get it out of my head

NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 21:19

@AJumpedUpChristmasElf

Here's one I posted a couple of days ago that no one has got

80s Lyric
I don't want charity, just half a chance
And it's all up to you, yes it's all up to you

Is it Spandau Ballet Gold? Total wild guess..

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NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 21:20

'Alright then grumpy elf, Needtoknow can have a point if she’s happy with me dispensing points and you can’t because you’re not.'

Can't get fairer than that.

NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 21:21

How could I forget that I had
Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there
She never took her eyes off me
00s

Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 21:22

Shaggy It wasn’t me?

NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 21:23

@Honeyroar

Shaggy It wasn’t me?
Correct! 🙌🏼😘
NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 21:28

I would promise you all of my life
But to lose you would cut like a knife
So I don't dare
No, I don't dare
80s

ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf · 26/12/2020 21:28

@NeedToKnow101

Ah hah! You're strike through didn't work ner
Are you referring to my underscore or my strikeout, needtoknow?

swipes points from under midge's and honey's respective noses

ClearingSpaceOnTheTrophyShelf · 26/12/2020 21:29

@NeedToKnow101

I would promise you all of my life But to lose you would cut like a knife So I don't dare No, I don't dare 80s
A different corner. George Michael
midgebabe · 26/12/2020 21:29

They are not real,points 7nder my nose ...I take much better care of them

The first cut is the deepest, various, including cat Stevens and rod stewart?

Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 21:45

Just try to understand
I’ve given all I can
Cause you’ve got the best of me
(80s)

NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 21:45

'A different corner. George Michael'
Correct ShelfElf 🙌🏼😘

midgebabe · 26/12/2020 21:46

Madonna, borderline

Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 21:48

Correct Midge

Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 21:54

After eating I go out
People passing by me shout
I can’t stand this misery
Why don’t they talk to me
(80s)

Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 21:55

*sorry it’s agony not misery

Fleamaker123 · 26/12/2020 22:02

L.A. to Manhattan is an open door for you

79

midgebabe · 26/12/2020 22:03

Is that a disco number flea?

NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 22:05

@Honeyroar

After eating I go out People passing by me shout I can’t stand this misery Why don’t they talk to me (80s)
Is that Grey Day Madness?
Fleamaker123 · 26/12/2020 22:09

When all I want to be is
Completely in command
83

Honeyroar · 26/12/2020 22:10

Yes Needtoknow it’s Grey Day.🌟

Fleamaker123 · 26/12/2020 22:10

@midgebabe

Is that a disco number flea?
It certainly is 😊
NeedToKnow101 · 26/12/2020 22:13

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

70s (on the disco tip 💃🏽)

midgebabe · 26/12/2020 22:13

How odd that I get that and feel totally clueless as to what the song is...

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