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🎵 80s (or thereabouts) song lyrics thread 39 ⭐

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 12/09/2023 21:15

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.

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MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:01

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:00

Temptation, frustration, so bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting, his car is warm and dry
(80's)

The Police. Don't Stand So Close To Me.

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:03

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:01

The Police. Don't Stand So Close To Me.

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Correct !

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:05

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 20:57

Try to stop my hands from shaking.
But something in my mind's not making sense.

A brilliant 80s track.

Your Love ........but can't remember who....

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DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:08

You turn me on, you lift me up
Like the sweetest cup
I'd share with you
(80's)

Honeyroar · 25/11/2023 21:16

Fleamaker · 25/11/2023 20:49

Mary's Prayer 😄

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Correct ✅

Honeyroar · 25/11/2023 21:17

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 20:50

Alright Now by Free

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Correct ✅

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:17

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:08

You turn me on, you lift me up
Like the sweetest cup
I'd share with you
(80's)

Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds.

Honeyroar · 25/11/2023 21:17

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 20:52

Everything She Wants by Wham!

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Correct ✅

Honeyroar · 25/11/2023 21:19

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 20:52

Danny Wilson. It was a group, I think.

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Correct ✅ (hadn’t noticed the artist was missed before!)

Honeyroar · 25/11/2023 21:19

FlockOfPigeons · 25/11/2023 20:56

Cutting crew, died in your arms

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correct. ✅

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:24

I made a fire, and watching it burn
Thought of your future.

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:30

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:17

Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds.

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Correct !

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:31

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:01

The Police. Don't Stand So Close To Me.

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Correct !

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:37

Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
(70's)

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:44

And quit running for that runaway bus
'Cos those rosy days are few
And stop apologising for the things you've never done
(80's)

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 25/11/2023 23:11

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:37

Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
(70's)

I think this is Fleetwood Mac - the chain

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 23:19

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 25/11/2023 23:11

I think this is Fleetwood Mac - the chain

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Correct !

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 07:52

DoubleTime · 25/11/2023 21:44

And quit running for that runaway bus
'Cos those rosy days are few
And stop apologising for the things you've never done
(80's)

The Jam - Town Called Malice

DoubleTime · 26/11/2023 08:40

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 07:52

The Jam - Town Called Malice

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Correct!

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 12:52

MaidOfSteel · 25/11/2023 21:24

I made a fire, and watching it burn
Thought of your future.

Don't you forget about me - simple minds?

MaidOfSteel · 26/11/2023 13:31

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 12:52

Don't you forget about me - simple minds?

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Nope.

DoubleTime · 26/11/2023 14:18

Oh sister! I can't let you go
Like a preacher stealing hearts at a travelling show
(80s)

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 15:00

CoffeeBeansGalore · 12/09/2023 21:23

Ok, still outstanding from 38:

Out of the ruins
Out from the wreckage
Can't make the same mistake this time
We are the children
80s

Yes Tina Turner but so far wrong title.

And who sung Addicted to love????

Robert Palmer 😊

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 15:01

Honeyroar · 12/09/2023 21:25

Up and down I’m up the wall
Im up the bloody tree
(80s)

Living on the ceiling- blancmange

DoubleTime · 26/11/2023 16:20

HarrietPoole · 26/11/2023 15:00

Robert Palmer 😊

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We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner

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