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The Lyrics game restarted!

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Jessicatmagnificat · 24/03/2007 10:09

To kick us off, who sang this: "You can have a steam train if you just lay down your tracks".

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DrDaddy · 24/03/2007 14:22

Peter Gabriel

DrDaddy · 24/03/2007 14:23

"Under the iron bridge we kissed, although I ended up with sore lips..."

amynnixmum · 24/03/2007 14:25

Ooh thats a smiths song but I can't remember which one

DrDaddy · 24/03/2007 14:26

Yep. From Hatful of Hollow album

DrDaddy · 24/03/2007 14:37

give up?

amynnixmum · 24/03/2007 14:41

Yep

notsogummyanymore · 24/03/2007 14:41

yes

DrDaddy · 24/03/2007 14:44

still ill.

someone else have a go, have to take 2 boys out for a run round the park!

gscrym · 24/03/2007 14:46

Don't know the last one but here's another.

'I got my pencil, gimme something to write on'.

Jessicatmagnificat · 24/03/2007 15:47

gscrym - is that Van Halen??

If it is then this is the same era:

Read Norman Mailer/or get a new tailor?

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ArcticRoll · 24/03/2007 16:03

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken

ArcticRoll · 24/03/2007 16:06

'I got a job with Stanley
He said I'd come in handy'

CadburyCremeSquonk · 24/03/2007 16:07

Up the Junction by Squeeze

CadburyCremeSquonk · 24/03/2007 16:08

sailors fighting on the dance floor, oh man look at those cave men go

ArcticRoll · 24/03/2007 16:22

Life On Mars David Bowie

ArcticRoll · 24/03/2007 16:24

'He always beat me at Subbuteo
'Cos he flicked the kick
And I didn't know'

amynnixmum · 24/03/2007 16:25

My Perfect cousin - the Undertones

amynnixmum · 24/03/2007 16:32

"That lived on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free"

CadburyCremeSquonk · 24/03/2007 16:34

They might be giants - birdhouse in your soul

CadburyCremeSquonk · 24/03/2007 16:39

someone else set another one... I've got three children screaming in my ear and can't think!!!!

ArcticRoll · 24/03/2007 18:28

'The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age'

amynnixmum · 24/03/2007 18:29

Maggie May

amynnixmum · 24/03/2007 18:37

"There is no choice, in what I must do.
Nothing is greater than to be with you."

Scootergirl · 24/03/2007 18:52

Tried to google it and the closest it came up with was the Backstreet Boys. Ha ha!

ArcticRoll · 24/03/2007 19:02

Teenage Fanclub?

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