Genesis - Turn It On Again (1980)

Genesis
"Turn it on Again"
Album: Duke (1980 Charisma)

LYRICS

(ONE TWO THREE FOUR)

All I need is a TV show, that and the radio

Down on my luck again, down on my luck again

I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life

I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life

It's driving me mad just another way of passing the day

I, I get so lonely when she's not there

I,I.I,I,I!...

You're just another face that I know from the TV show

I have known you for so very long I feel you like a friend

Can't you do anything for me, can I touch you for a while

Can I meet you on another day and we will fly away

I can show you I can show you!, some of the people in my life

I can show you I can show you!, some of the people in my life

It's driving me mad it's just another way of passing the day

I, I get so lonely when she's not there

I,I. I,I,I!...

Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again

Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again (I can see another face)

Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again (I can see another face)

Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again (I can see another face)

(fades out)

ABC - All Of My Heart (1982)

ABC
"All of My Heart"
Album: The Lexicon of Love (1982 Neutron Records)

LYRICS:

Once upon a time when we were friends

I gave you my heart. The story ends

No happy ever after, now were friends



Wish upon a star if that might help

The stars collide if you decide

Wish upon a star if that might help



What's it like to have loved and to lose her touch?

What's it like to have loved and to lose that much?



Well I hope and I pray

That maybe someday

You'll walk in the room with my heart

Add and subtract

But as a matter of fact

Now that you're gone I still want you back

Remembering

Surrendering

Remembering that part

All of my heart



Spilling up pink silk and coffee lace

You hook me up, I rendevouz at your place

Your lipstick and your lip gloss seals my fate



Sentimental powers might help you now

But skip the hearts and flowers, skip the ivory towers

You'll be disappointed and I'll lose a friend



No I won't be told there's a crock of gold

at the end of the rainbow

Or that pleasure and pain, sunshine and rain

Might make this love grow



But I hope and I pray

That maybe someday

You'll walk in the room with my heart

Add and subtract

But as a matter of fact

Now that you're gone I still want you back

Remembering

Surrendering

The kindest cut's the cruellest part

All of my heart



Yes I hope and I pray

That maybe someday

You'll walk in the room with my heart

And I shrug and I say

That maybe today

You'll come home soon

Surrendering

Remembering

Surrendering that part-All of my heart



All of my heart

The B 52's - Song For a Future Generation (1983)

The B 52's
"Song For a Future Generation"
Album. Whammy! (1983 Warner Bros)

SINGLE:


LYRICS:

Wanna be the ruler of the galaxy
Wanna be the king of the universe
Let's meet and have a baby now!
Wanna be the empress of fashion
Wanna be the president of Moscow
Let's meet and have a baby now!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
Hey, I'm Fred the Cancerian from New Jersey
I like collecting records and exploring
The cave of the unknown
Hello, I'm Cindy, I'm a Pisces
And I like Chihuahuas and
Chinese noodles
Wanna be the first lady of infinity
Wanna be the nicest guy on earth
Let's meet and have a baby now!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
Now! Now! Now! Now! Now! Now!
Now! La! La! La! La! La!
Hi, my name is Ricky and I'm a Pisces
I love computers and hot tamales
Hey, I'm Kate and I am a Taurus
I love tomatoes and black-capped
Chickadees
Hey, my name is Keith and I'm a
Scorpio from Athens, G-A and I like
To find the essence from within
Wanna be the captain of the Enterprise
Wanna be the king of the Zulus
Let's meet and have a baby now!
Wanna be the daughter of Dracula
Wanna be the son of Frankenstein
Let's meet and have a baby now!
Wanna be mother-father
Wanna be daughter-son
Wanna be captain
Wanna be ruler-king and empress

The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven (1984)

The Psychedelic Furs
"Heaven"
Album: Mirror Moves (1984 Columbia)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


heaven
is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven
is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
there's too many kings
wanna hold you down
and a world at the window
gone underground
there's a hole in the sky
where the sun don't shine
and a clock on the wall
and it counts my time
and heaven
is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
there's a song on the air
with a love-you line
and a face in a glass
and it looks like mine
and i'm standing on ice when i say
that i don't hear planes
and i scream at the fools
wanna jump my train
and heaven is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven is the whole of the heart
and heaven don't tear you apart
yeah heaven
ah heaven
yeah heaven

China Crisis - Wishful Thinking (1983)

China Crisis
"Wishful Thinking"
Album: Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Vol.2 (1983 Virgin)

SINGLE:


LYRICS:


It's time we should talk about it
there's no secrets kept in here
forgive me for asking
now wipe away your tears

And if I wish to stop it all
and if I wish to comfort the fall
it's just wishful thinking

I sat on the roof
and watched the day go by
I see the likeness in his smile
and the way he stands
makes it all worth while

Paul McCartney - Coming Up (1980)

Paul McCartney
"Coming Up"
Album: McCartney II (1980 Parlophone UK)

SINGLE:



Lyrics:


YOU WANT A LOVE TO LAST FOREVER ,
ONE THAT WILL NEVER FADE AWAY.
I WANT TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEM,
STICK AROUND, I SAY.

COMING UP, OOH,
COMING UP, YEAH, YEAH,
COMING UP, LIKE A FLOWER,
COMING UP, I SAY.

OO -

YOU WANT A FRIEND YOU CAN RELY ON,
ONE WHO WILL NEVER FADE AWAY.
AND IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR AN ANSWER,
STICK AROUND, I SAY.

COMING UP, OOH,
COMING UP,
COMING UP, LIKE A FLOWER,
COMING UP, YEAH.

YOU WANT SOME PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING,
SO EV'RYBODY CAN BE FREE.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER,
WE CAN MAKE IT, STICK WITH ME.

IT'S COMING UP, OOH
COMING UP, SEE?
COMING UP, LIKE A FLOWER,
COMING UP FOR YOU AND ME

COMING UP,
COMING UP.

COMING UP,
COMING UP, I SAY.
COMING UP, LIKE A FLOWER,
COMING UP.
FEEL IT IN MY BONES, YEH, YEH, YEH, YEH.

YOU WANT A BETTER KIND OF FUTURE,
ONE THAT EV'RYONE CAN SHARE.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE, WE ALL COULD USE IT,
STICK AROUND, WE'RE NEARLY THERE.

IT'S COMING UP, OOH,
COMING UP, EV'RYWHERE,
COMING UP, LIKE A FLOWER,
COMING UP FOR US ALL TO SHARE,
COMING UP, YEAH,
COMING UP,
WELL, COMING UP LIKE A FLOWER.
COMING UP.

Sade - Your Love Is King (1984)

Sade
"Your Love is King"
Album: Diamon Life (1984 Epic UK)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Your love is king,
crown you in my heart.
Your love is king,
never need to part.
Your kisses ring,
round and round and round my head.
Touching the very part of me.
It's making my soul sing.
Tearing the very heart of me.
I'm crying out for more.

Your love is king,
crown you in my heart.
Your love is king.
You're the ruler of my heart.
Your kisses ring,
round and round and round my head.
Touching the very part of me.
It's making my soul sing.
I'm crying out for more.
Your love is king.

I'm coming up, I'm coming.
You're making me dance, inside.

Your love is king,
crown you in my heart.
Your love is king,
never need to part.
Your kisses ring,
round and round and round my head.
Touching the very part of me.
It's making my soul sing.
Tearing the very heart of me.
I'm crying out for more.

Touching the very part of me.
It's making my soul sing.
I'm crying out for more.
Your love is king.

This is no blind faith
This is no sad and sorry dream.
This is no blind faith
Your love...
your love is real... gotta crown me with your heart,
never, never need to part,
touch me.
Never letting go,
never letting go,
never going to give it up.
I'm coming,
you're making me dance...

Steve Winwood - Valerie (1982)

Steve Winwood
"Valerie"
Album: Talking Back to The Night (1982 Island)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:


So wild, standing there, with her hands in her hair
I can't help remember just where she touched me
There's still no face here in her place
So cool, she was like jazz on a summer's day
Music, high and sweet, then she just blew away
Now she can't be that warm with the wind in her arms

Valerie, call on me-call on me, Valerie
Come and see me-I'm the same boy I used to be

Love songs fill the night, but they don't tell it all
Not how lovers cry out just like they're dying
Her cries hang there in time somewhere
Someday, some good wind may blow her back to me
Some night I may hear her like she used to be
No it can't be that warm with the wind in her arms

So cool, she was like jazz on a summer's day
Music, high and sweet, then she just blew away
Don't tell me you're warm with the wind in your arms

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch (1984)

Daryl Hall and John Oates
"Out of Touch"
Album: Big Bam Boom (1984 RCA)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Shake it up is all that we know
Using the bodies up as we go
I'm waking up to fantasy
The shades all around
Aren't the colors we used to see
Broken ice still melts in the sun
And times that are broken
Can often be one again
We're soul alone
And soul really matters to me
Take a look around

You're out of touch
I'm out of time (time)
But I'm out of my head
When you're not around
You're out of touch
I'm out of time (time)
But I'm out of my head
When you're not around
Oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh

Reaching out for something to hold
Looking for a love
Where the climate is cold
Manic moves and drowsy dreams
Or living in the middle
Between the two extremes
Smoking guns hot to the touch
Would cool down
If we didn't use them so much
We're soul alone
And soul really matters to me
Too much

You're out of touch
I'm out of time (time)
But I'm out of my head
When you're not around
You're out of touch
I'm out of time (time)
But I'm out of my head
When you're not around
Oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh...

(Out of touch)
Out of touch

You're out of touch
I'm out of time (time)
But I'm out of my head
When you're not around
You're out of touch
I'm out of time (time)
But I'm out of my head
When you're not around..

Genesis - Abacab (1981)

Genesis
"Abacab"
Album: Abacab (1981 Charisma UK)

ALBUM:



LYRICS:

Look up on the wall, there on the floor,
Under the pillow, behind the door.
There's a crack in the mirror.
Somewhere there's a hole in a window-pane.
Do you think I'm to blame?
Tell me do you think I'm to blame?

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) He's in anywhere.
(Abacab)

If you're wrapping up the world
'Cos you've taken someone elses girl,
When they turn on the pillow,
Even when they answer the telephone,
Don't you think that by now,
Tell me, don't you think that by now.

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) He's in anywhere.
(Abacab) Doesn't really care.

you want it, you got it, you gotta go
you want it, you got it, now you know

It's an illusion, It's a game,
Or reflection of someone else's name.
When you wake in the morning,
Wake and find you're covered in cellophane.

Well, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Yeah, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Baby, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Now there's a hole in there somewhere.

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) he's in anywhere.
(Abacab)

The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend (1981)

The Rolling Stones
"Waiting on a Friend"
Album: Tattoo You (1981 Rolling Stones)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Watching girls go passing by
It ain't the latest thing
I'm just standing in a doorway
I'm just trying to make some sense
Out of these girls go passing by
The tales they tell of men
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend

A smile relieves a heart that grieves
Remember what I said
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend
I'm just waiting on a friend

Don't need a whore
I don't need no booze
Don't need a virgin priest
But I need someone I can cry to
I need someone to protect
Making love and breaking hearts
It is a game for youth
But I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend



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Genesis - Misunderstanding (1980)

Genesis
"Misunderstanding"
Album: Duke (1980 Charisma)

SINGLE:




LYRICS:


There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I waited in the rain for hours
You were late

Now it's not like me to say the right thing
But you could've called to let me know
I checked your number twice, don't understand it
So I went home

Well I'd been waiting for this weekend
I thought that maybe we could see a show
Never dreamed I'd have this feeling
But seeing you is believing
That's why I don't know why
You didn't show up that night

There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I was waiting in the rain for hours
You were late

Since then I've been running around trying to find you
I went to the places you always go
I rang your home but got no answer
Jumped in my car, I went round there
I still don't believe it
He was just leaving

There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake.


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Daryl Hall & John Oates - One on One (1983)

Daryl Hall & John Oates
"One on One"
Album: H2O (1983 RCA)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


I'm tired of playing on the team
Ooooh, it seems I don't get time out anymore
What a change if we set the pace face to face
No one even trying to score
And oh, oh, I can feel the magic of your touch
Umm-humm, And when you move in close
A little bit means so much
And ooh yeah, you've got to understand, baby
Time out is what I'm here for

Whoooa, one on one
I wanna play that game tonight
One on one I know
I wanna play that one on one
I wanna play that game tonight
One on one so slow
Ooooooh-oh

Oooooh, you can't tell me you don't miss me girl
I think I might know you too well, whooooa
I (wonder what) you'd say if you knew
That I was coming tonight
(Want to)
I want you can't you tell

Ooooh, whoooa, one on one
I wanna play that game tonight
One on one I know
I wanna play that one on one
I wanna play that game tonight
One on one so slow
Ooooooh-oh
That's all you need to know now

[Instrumental Interlude]

'Cause if it's really right
There's nothing else
One on one
I wanna play that game tonight
Ooooh-oh mmmmmmm
One on one
I wanna play that game tonight
(One on one)
Ooooooh-oh
One on one
I wanna play that game tonight
(One on one I wanna play that game tonight)
Ooooooh-oh
One on one I wanna play that game
(One) on one (on one) on one, girl
(On one) ooooooh, there's nothing else
(On one) but you and me (on one)
I want no one else (on one)
I don't want no one else (on one)
Oh, baby, I'm tired of playing (on one)
I'm tired of playing (on one)
I don't want to play those games no more...



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Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Let Them All Talk (1983)

Elvis Costello and The Attractions
"Let Them All Talk"
Album: Punch the Clock (1983 F-Beat)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Hear what I say
See what I do
Believe me now I'm all over you
All over you
I know a place
A CERTAIN VERY TENDER SPOT
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
Listening to the sad song that the radio plays
Have we come this fa-fa-fa to find a soul cliche
Let them talk
Let them talk
Let them all talk
Oh yeah we're killing time
Just to KEEP YOU CLOCKING ON
These are the best years of your life

Now they're here and gone
Do the world a service
And you could do yourself a favour
WHOSE TONGUE NOW IS TASTING LAST WEEK'S FLAVOUR
Our day will come
When you have squandered all your youth
To have and to hold
A stranger to the truth
Listening to the sad song that the radio plays
Have we come this fa-fa-fa to find a soul cliche
Let them talk


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Haircut One Hundred - Fantastic Day (1982)

Haircut One Hundred
"Fantastic Day"
Album: Pelican West (1982 Arista)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Well there's a great amount of strain
About getting on that train
Every day and every night
The only thing that makes it good
Is seeing my favourite sight
Prance and flutter stride down that green escalator yeah
When I'm getting off my train
And my love is on my brain
Every day and every night
The only thing that makes it right
Is seeing my favourite sight
Crying in the night with the summer in her eyes tonight
Fantastic day today
Fantastic day
Well I can find a funny feeling
Funny as a smile
When your mouth is all dry
Why?
Fantastic day today
Fantastic day
Well it's a fantastic day today
Well it's a fantastic day
I know I've lost myself again
True love has past me by
I tried to shave myself
Be a happier guy
Night and day
I can see it in your eyes
Now the summer never smiles
On a happy honey day
Am I being in the way?
When I'm so in love with you
I can't sit down and I cry in pain
With night and day
Fantastic day today
Fantastic day
Well it's a fantastic day today
Well it's a fantastic day

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Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)

Japan
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids"
Album: Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980 Virgin)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:


Now there's a girl about town I'd like to know
I'd like to slip away with you
And if you said you love me how could I mind?
Is there another side to everything you do?

Take in the country air
You'll never win

Gentlemen take polaroids
They fall in love they fall in love
Gentlemen take polaroids
They fall in love they fall in love

Breathe life into me
Spin me round
And I'll just sit and wonder why
Just a foreign town with a foreign mind
Why is everything so cut and dried?

The taste of country air you'll never know

Gentlemen take polaroids
They fall in love they fall in love
Gentlemen take polaroids
They fall in love they fall in love

Take in the country, ah you'll never win

Gentlemen take polaroids
They fall in love they fall in love
Gentlemen take polaroids
They fall in love they fall in love

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David Bowie - Blue Jean (1984)

David Bowie
"Blue Jean"
Album: Tonight (1984 EMI America)

SINGLE:

LYRICS:


Blue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean
Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money
Remember they always let you down when you need 'em
Oh, Blue Jean-is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean
She got a police bike
She got a turned up nose

Sometimes I feel like
(Oh, the whole human race)
Jazzin' for Blue Jean
(Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue)
Blue Jean can send me
(Oh, somebody send me)
Somebody send me
(Oh, somebody send me)

One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter
One day I'm gonna get that faculty together
Remember like everybody has to wait in line
Blue Jean-look out world you know I've got mine
She got Latin roots
She got everything

Sometimes I feel like
(Oh, the whole human race)
Jazzin' for Blue Jean
(Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue)
Blue Jean can tempt me
(Oh, somebody send me)
Somebody sent me
(Oh, somebody send me)

Sometimes I feel like
(Oh, the whole human race)
Jazzin' for Blue Jean
(Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue)
Blue Jean can tempt me
(Oh, somebody send me)
Somebody sent me
(Oh, somebody send me)
Somebody somebody
(Oh, somebody send me)
Oh, somebody send me
(Oh, somebody send me)

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Madness - Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (1983)

Madness
"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"
Album: The Rise and Fall (1982 Stiff Records)

SINGLE:

LYRICS:

Trying hard, I thought I'd done my best

All my life, I can't get no rest

Some who've closed the door before

Say I can't carry on no more.

I hear them saying

Tomorrow's just another day

I hear them saying

And it gets better every day

I hear them saying

Tomorrow's just another day

Listened long, tried to take it in

All these facts leave me in the swim

It's down and down there is no up

I think that I've run out of luck.

I hear them saying

Tomorrow's just another day

I hear them saying

And it gets better every day

I hear them saying

Tomorrow's just another day

Tomorrow's just another... day

Walking now, over covered ground

There is a chance if I move around

I need a moment to reflect

On the friendships I have wrecked.

Why is it I don't I always try ?

I hear them say

Tomorrow's just another day

I hear them say

And it gets better every day

I hear them say

Tomorrow's just another day

I hear them say

And it gets better every day

I heard them say

Tomorrow's just another day

I hear them say

Tomorrow's just another day

Tomorrow's just another...

I hear them saying

Tomorrow's just another day

I hear them saying

And it gets better every day

I hear them saying

Tomorrow's just another day

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Donald Fagen - New Frontier (1982)

Donald Fagen
"New Frontier"
Album: The Nightfly (1982 Warner)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

Yes we're gonna have a wingding
A summer smoker underground
It's just a dugout that my dad built
In case the reds decide to push the b_tton down
We've got provisions and lots of beer
The key word is survival on the new frontier

Introduce me to that big blonde
She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld
She's wearing Ambush and a French twist
She's got us wild and she can tell
She loves to limbo, that much is clear
She's got the right dynamics for the new frontier

Well I can't wait 'til I move to the city
'Til I finally make up my mind
To learn design and study overseas

Have you got a steady boyfriend
Cause honey I've been watching you
I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes, I like him too
He's an artist, a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier

Well I can't wait 'til I move to the city
'Til I finally make up my mind
To learn design and study overseas
Let's pretend that it's the real thing
And stay together all night long
And when I really get to know you
We'll open up the doors and climb into the dawn
Confess your passion your secret fear
Prepare to meet the challenge of the new frontier

ALBUM:

Spandau Ballet - Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (1981)

Spandau Ballet
"Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)"
Album: Diamond (1982 Chrysalis Records)

SINGLE:



LYRICS:

I checked the time, it was almost time
a curious smell,an intangible crime
I'm washing my clothes,but the stain still grows
cover your eyes,the stain still shows
I feel the gaze against my skin
I feel the gaze against my skin
I know this feeling is a lie
I know this feeling is a lie
there's a guilt within my mind
there's a guilt within my mind
I don't need this pressure on
oh I should question not ignore
oh I should question not ignore
songs are always buried deep
songs are always buried deep
there's a lion in my arms
there is a motion in my arm
oh I should question not ignore
I should believe and not ignore
I don't need this pressure on
you go down,down
pass the talk of town
you go down greek street
then it's underground
well it's Soho life
for this mobile knife
it's the place to shoot
Friday night Beat Route

ALBUM: