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🎵 80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 38 ⭐

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 05/11/2022 22:19

Come on in.
Post a few lyrics of a song from 70s, 80s, 90s with the decade & we will try to guess the song & artist.

OP posts:
Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 21:35

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:30

And love is like a high prison wall
abd you could leave me standing so tall
(80s)

Gold. Spandau ballet

RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:37

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:17

Bright and early for the daily races
going nowhere, going nowhere
(80s)

Mad World - Tears for Fears originally

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 21:37

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:27

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
be yourself no matter what they say
(90s)

Is that sting? An Englishman in New york

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RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:40

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:21

You can be what you want to be
let your soul and your body and your mind be free
(90s)

And this is 'Move any Mountain' by The Shamen

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 21:42

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:23

Ain’t got no future or family tree
but I know what a prince and a lover ought to be
(90s)

Don't know what it's called.

If you?

Like to call me baby?

(those might just be more lyrics?)

RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:42

Here's my 80s contribution

The clumsy boots, peekaboo roots that people think so dashing
So what's the point of robbery when nothing is worth taking?

shinynewapple22 · 14/11/2022 21:43

RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:42

Here's my 80s contribution

The clumsy boots, peekaboo roots that people think so dashing
So what's the point of robbery when nothing is worth taking?

Stand a deliver - Adam and the ants
I think

shinynewapple22 · 14/11/2022 21:44

I mean I think it's that song .

RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:44

Absolutely correct, Shiny

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:55

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 21:35

Gold. Spandau ballet

Correct✅

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:56

RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:37

Mad World - Tears for Fears originally

Correct✅

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:56

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 21:37

Is that sting? An Englishman in New york

Correct ✅

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:57

RiftGibbon · 14/11/2022 21:40

And this is 'Move any Mountain' by The Shamen

It is✅

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:57

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 21:42

Don't know what it's called.

If you?

Like to call me baby?

(those might just be more lyrics?)

You’re on the right track…

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 22:05

Yeah. I deffo know the song. Just not the title or who sang it 🤣

I won't give myself a point
(Well, I might!)

INeedEvidenceMum · 14/11/2022 22:12

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 21:10

And I know I was wrong
when I said it was true
(80s)

In Between Days by The Cure?

INeedEvidenceMum · 14/11/2022 22:18

Rogue1001MNer · 14/11/2022 22:05

Yeah. I deffo know the song. Just not the title or who sang it 🤣

I won't give myself a point
(Well, I might!)

I think it's Two Princes by the Spin Doctors

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 22:39

INeedEvidenceMum · 14/11/2022 22:12

In Between Days by The Cure?

It is, but it’s already been guessed.

Honeyroar · 14/11/2022 22:40

INeedEvidenceMum · 14/11/2022 22:18

I think it's Two Princes by the Spin Doctors

You’re absolutely correct✅
Well done.

SoftDay · 14/11/2022 23:12

You hope that she will change her mind
But the days drift on and on
You'll never know the reason why she's gone
(80s)

Fleamaker123 · 14/11/2022 23:13

Ah missed all these
😧

Fleamaker123 · 14/11/2022 23:13

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice

70's

SoftDay · 14/11/2022 23:15

Fleamaker123 · 14/11/2022 23:13

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice

70's

The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

Fleamaker123 · 14/11/2022 23:16

And what's wrong with that
I'd like to know
Cos here I go
Again!

70's

Fleamaker123 · 14/11/2022 23:17

SoftDay · 14/11/2022 23:12

You hope that she will change her mind
But the days drift on and on
You'll never know the reason why she's gone
(80s)

Empty Rooms, Gary Moore 😍

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