List of significant words in the lyrics of Eighties pop songs

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by @Documentalista

The Beat

  1. TWIST
  2. CRAWL
  3. STAND

Martha and the Muffins

Echo Beach

I know it's out of fashion, and a trifle uncool
But I can't help it, I'm a romantic fool
It's a HABIT of mine, to watch the sun go down
On Echo BEACH, I WATCH the sun go down
From nine to five, I have to SPEND my time at work
My job is very boring, I'm an office CLERK
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday
On a silent summer evening, the sky's ALIVE with LIGHTS
A building in the distance, surrealistic SIGHT
On Echo Beach, WAVES make the only SOUND
On Echo Beach, there's not a soul around
From nine to five, I have to spend my time at work
My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday
Echo Beach, far away in time
[ repeat]

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

The Lifeboat Party
Song by Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Welcome to the lifeboat PARTY, CHILD
Invitation only for the rank and file
Glad you wore your Gabardine pinstripes
Ain't no kind of JEANS allowed
Glad you brought a bottle and not your wife
Animals are dangerous in CROWDs
Welcome to the lifeboat PARTY, CHILD
Invitation only for the rank and file
Go on over and say hello to Charlie Lane
He'll let you blow his saxophone
Don't lay there in the dark without Veronica Lake
You should have left the wig at home
Welcome to the lifeboat PARTY, CHILD
Invitation only for the rank and file
You got to know somebody
Welcome to the lifeboat PARTY, CHILD
Celebration' just for the rank and file
Jumpin' and jumpin'
Oh, Monica's been making every man in sight
But, now she say's enough is enough
This PARTY is in HONOR of the will to survive
So, Monica you mustn't give up
Welcome to the lifeboat PARTY, CHILD
Invitation only for the rank and file
Welcome to the lifeboat PARTY, CHILD
NEVER give it up, NOWAY NOHOW
You got to know somebody

Hazel O'Connor

You DRINK your coffee,
I sip my tea,
And we're sitting here, playing so cool,
Thinking, 'What will be, will be.'
And it's getting kind of late now,
Oh, I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now,
Or will you just politely say 'GoodNIGHT'?
I move a little closer to you,
Not knowing QUITE what to do and I'm
Feeling all fingers and THUMBs,
I SPILL my tea, oh SILLY me,
It's getting kind of late now,
I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now,
Or will you just politely say 'Goodnight'?
And then we TOUCH, much too much,
This moment has been waiting for a long, long time,
Makes me shiver,
Makes me quiver,
This moment I am so unsure,
This moment I have waited for,
Well is it something you've been waiting for,
Waiting for too?
Take off your eyes,
Bare your soul,
Gather me to you and make me WHOLE,
Tell me your secrets,
Sing me the song,
Sing it to me in the silent tongue.
It's getting kind of late now,
I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now,
Or will you just politely say 'Goodnight'?

Talking Heads

  1. SWAMP
  2. STORY
  3. DEVIL
  4. BONES ROCKS
  5. SOLID motion
  6. SPLIT ATOMS
  7. BLOOD
  8. YOUNG LOVER
  9. WATCH out
  10. TOUCH monkey
  11. WHOLE
  12. CHART
  13. RISKY

Prefab Sprouts

  1. CRUEL
  2. URBAN BLUES
  3. MACHO
  4. TOOTH
  5. PIOUS SMILE
  6. WASTE
  7. LORDY
  8. HEART ALIGN
  9. BLEED
  10. TOUGH PROUD
  11. REFER SHAPE CLOTHE
  12. FEVER PROSE

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

  1. RELAX
  2. LASER BEAMS

Police

  1. SORRY
  2. GUILT HEADS
  3. PRIDE

Adam Ant

  1. GOODY SHOES
  2. DRINK SMOKE
  3. WRONG RIGHT
  4. FIGHT
  5. STUCK throat
  6. POUND note

Dire Strait

  1. MONEY CHICK
  2. BONGO like a CHIMP

Mickey Jupp

MAKE IT FLY - ACOUSTIC.

By Mickey Jupp
Well I’m tempted to agree with you my friend
It’s not often that I do
You made me prove right in the end
He might just be the man for you
And if that’s what you want
If that’s what you’re puttin’ down
I only hope you get it off the ground and

Make it fly
Fly
Make it fly

Well excuse me if I don’t seem so keen
After all you hardly know the guy
Where he’s going to and where he’s been
I only hope all he says ain’t a lie

But if he’s OK with you
He’s OK with me
He turns your head and you can’t see me

Cry
Cry
See me cry

And in times like this the world has still come flowing
And it’s hard to say exactly what I mean
Cos it’s not as if we had something goin’
It was nice too think what might have been

But there’s nothing I can do
No more too say
But I’ll be lovin’ you till the day

I die
Die
Day I die

Yeah and in times like this the world has still come flowing
And it’s hard to say exactly what I mean
Cos it’s not as if we had something goin’
But it was nice too think there might have been

Paul Young

Iron Out the Rough Spots

The ROUGH SPOTS
The rough spots
(Iron out) the rough spots
(Iron out) the rough spots
(Iron out) the rough spots
(Iron out) the rough spots
I've been feelin' meager
Been hurt so many times
But I've got FAITH in you
You can ease my troublED mind
Hurts GOTTA hold on me girl
And i can't explain just what it is now
But if you'll turn to me
I'll be alright if you will
Come on now
Iron out the rough spots
Iron out the rough spots
Hurts gotta hold on me girl
And i can't explain just what it is now
But if you'll turn to me
I'll be alright if you will
Iron out the rough spots
Iron out the rough spots
Iron out the rough spots
Iron out the rough spots
What you gon' do?
About this wrinkle in my heart?
(About this wrinkle in my heart?)
Say, whatcha GONNA do?
(About this wrinkle in my heart?)
(About this wrinkle in my heart?)
Well, I'll be headed in the RIGHT direction
You just give me twenty-four HOURS of your protection
And I'll be headed in the RIGHT direction
Twenty-four hours of your protection
Heading in the right direction
Twenty-four hours of your protection
Iron out the rough spots
etc-

Madness

Drip Fed Fred

We want Freddie for our leader
Freddie is a man of CLASS
We want Freddie for our leader
All STAND and RAISE your champagne GLASS
Gentlemen and assassins, and ladies of the NIGHT
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some LIGHT
I can't go into detail or finger unfounded FOOLS
But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the RULES
I've rounded up the low-life and local CID
Offered a free massage or else the THIRD degree
There is no simple solution in this life we lead
So make THINGs easy for yourself to the baronage concede
We want Freddie for our leader
Freddie is a man of class
We want Freddie for our leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass
Peace shall not prevail in Purley, came the stark warning today
From his hospital bed Drip-Fed Fred VOWED he was here to stay
"I'll tell you something for nothing", he claimed, "NEVER in all my days
Have I felt so intimidated by the CHEAP tactics on display"
We want Freddie for our leader
Freddie is a man of CLASS
We want Freddie for our leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass
And approaching the pulpit, the right Honourable Reverend GREENe
We're gathered here this evening to pay our due respects
To Drip-Fed Fred, who late last NIGHT fell out of his prison bed
We know the NONCE behind it, who slipped the night PD, ooh
The word is out now, without DOUBT you will answer to me
Gentlemen and assassins, and ladies of the night
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new LIGHT
There is a simple solution, one called honour amongst thieves
So we'll take pity on your SOULS and only cap your KNEES
We want Freddie for our leader
Freddie is a man of CLASS
We want Freddie for our leader
All STAND and RAISE your champagne GLASS

HUey Lewis and the News

The POWER of Love

The POWER of love is a curious THING
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little WHITE dove
More than a feeling, that's the power of love
Tougher than diamonds, rich like CREAM
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's DREAM
Make a bad one good, mm, make a WRONG one RIGHT
Power of love that keep you home at NIGHT
You don't need MONEY, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this TRAIN
It's strong and it's sudden, and it's CRUEL sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love
FIRST time you feel it, it MIGHT make you sad
Next time you feel it, it might make you mad
But you'll be glad, baby, when you've FOUND
That's the power makes the WORLD go 'ROUND
And it don't take money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden, it can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life

They say that all in love is fair
Yeah, but you don't care (ooh)
But you know what to do (what to do)
When it gets hold of you
And with a little help from ABOVE
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Can you feel it?
Hm-hm
It don't take money, and it don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
But you won't feel nothin' 'til you feel
You feel the power, just feel the power of love
That's the power, mm, that's the power of love
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Feel the power of love

Blue Öyster Cult

Godzilla

With a purposeful grimace and a terrible SOUND
He pulls the spitting high tension WIRES down
Helpless people on a subway TRAIN
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He PICKS up a bus and he throws it back down
As he WADES through the buildings toward the CENTRE of town
Oh no, they say, he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, they say he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Godzilla
Godzilla
Rinji news o moshiagemasu
Rinji news o moshiagemasu
Godzilla ga Ginza hoomen e mukatte imasu
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai
Oh no, they say, he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
History shows again and AGAIN
How nature POINTs out the FOLLY of men

Eurhythmics

SWEET DREAMS (Are Made Of This)"
https://youtu.be/6KR52lEWLEM Official video Remastered

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the SEVEN seas
Everybody's lookin' for something

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to ABUSE you
Some of them want to be abused

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something

Hold your head up
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something [6x]

Fine YOUNG Cannibals

She DRIVES me CRAZY
https://youtu.be/UtvmTu4zAMg

Good THING
WHERE Have you gone?
https://youtu.be/We_9MthGzwk

SQUEEZE

Cool for Cats

https://youtu.be/uJ2cEc_TCH8

The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass
The cowboys take position in the bushes and the GRASS
The squaw is with the corporal, she is tied against the tree
She doesn't mind the language, it's the beatings she don't need
She lets LOOSE all the HORSEs when the corporal is asleep
And he wakes to find the fire's dead and arrows in his hats
And Davy Crockett rides around and says, "It's cool for cats"
It's cool for cats
Cool for cats
The Sweeney's doing 90 'cause they've got the word to go
To get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow
They're counting out the FIVERs when the handcuffs lock again
In and out of Wandsworth with the numbers on their names
It's funny how their Missus always looks the bleeding same
And meanwhile at the station, there's a couple of likely lads
Who swear like how's your father, and they're very cool for cats
They're cool for cats
Cool for cats
To change the mood a little, I've been posing down the pub
I'm seeing my reflection, I'm looking slightly ROUGH
I FANCY this, I fancy that, I wanna be so FLASH
I give a little muscle, and I spend a little cash
But all I get is bitter and a NASTY little rash
And by the time I'm SOBER, I've forgotten what I've had
And everybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat
Cool for cats
Cool for cats
Shape up at the DISCO when I think I've got a pull
I ask her lots of questions as she HANGS onto the wall
I kiss her for the FIRST time, and then, I take her home
I'm invited in for coffee, and I give the dog a bone
She likes to go discos, but she's never on her own
I said, "I'll see you LATER, " and I give her some old chat
But it's not like that on the TV when it's cool for cats
It's cool for cats
Cool for cats
Cool for cats
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh...)

Wang Chung

DANCE Hall Days
https://youtu.be/V-xpJRwIA-Q

Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handSTAND
And take your baby by the heel
And do the next THING that you feel
We were so in PHASE
In our DANCE hall days
We were cool on CRAZE
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do and SHARE in what was true
I said
DANCE hall days love
Take your baby by the hair
And pull her close and there, there, THERE
And take your baby by the ears
And play upon her darkest FEARS
We were so in PHASE
In our dance hall days
We were cool on CRAZE
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do and share in what was true
I said
Dance hall days, love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days, love
Take your baby by the WRIST
And in her MOUTH an amethyst
And in her eyes two sapphires blue
And you need her and she needs you 5X
We were so in PHASE
In our dance hall days
We were cool on CRAZE
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do and share in what was true
I said
Dance hall days, love...

Tears For Fears

Video Original https://youtu.be/u1ZvPSpLxCg

Mad WORLD
[Verse 1]
All around me are familiar FACES
Worn-out PLACEs, worn-out faces
Bright and EARLY for their DAILY RACES
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

[Chorus]
And I find it kind of FUNNY
I find it kind of sad
The DREAMs in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in CIRCLE
It's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world

[Verse 2]
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello, teacher, tell me what's my lesson
Look RIGHT through me, look right through me
...
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Halargian world
Mad world

With Mad World's again-resurgent popularity, I'm getting asked more frequently about the last line on the album version from The Hurting, a line which I occasionally also sing in concert. The actual line is: "Halargian world." (Not "illogical world", "raunchy young world", "enlarging your world", or a number of other interesting if not amusing guesses.) The real story: Halarge was an imaginary planet invented by either Chris Hughes or Ross Cullum during the recording of The Hurting. I added it as a joke during the lead vocal session, and we kept it. And there you have it.

David Bowie

Let's Dance

Let's DANCE
Put on your red shoes and DANCE the BLUES
Let's dance
To the song they're playin' on the RADIO
Let's sway
WHILE COLOR LIGHTs up your face
Let's sway
Sway through the crowd to an EMPTY SPACE

If you say run
I'll run with you
And if you say hide
We'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance
Let's dance
For fear your grace should fall
Let's dance
For fear tonight is all
Let's sway
You could look into my eyes
Let's sway
Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight

Flying Pickets

When You’re Young and in Love
Song by The Marvelettes

Spring in the air (filled with love)
There's magic ev'rywhere
When you're young and in love
Life seems to be (just a dream)
A world of fantasy
When you're young and in love
Each night seems just like the Fourth of July
When stars spangle the sky
The moon at night (shines so bright)
Seems to shine twice as bright
When you're young and in love
Ooh, dreams can come true (try a dream)
If you believe they do
When you're young and in love
Though many teardrops are bound to fall
True love can conquer all
When you're, when you're young and in love
(Trust and you'll find)
Ooh, ooh yeah
(There's no mountain you can't climb)
When you're young and in love
Though many teardrops are bound to fall
True love can conquer all
When you're, when you're young and in love
(Young and in love)
So in love
(Young and in love)
Oh, yeah
(Young and in love)

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Pub: 01 Sep 2024 02:47 UTC

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