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80's Lyrics Quiz

Well, we all love a bit of a sing-a-long. Sometimes we even get the words right! More often than not we hum the bits we don’t know and sing loudly and proudly to the bits we know. Below there are some lyrics, naming the band and the song is the game here.

While there are not many to start with, they will expand as we get our shit together and get over the embarrassment of realising that we have been singing the wrong lyrics and changing the choruses to suit ourselves.

The First Ten

The Second Ten

The Third Ten

The Fourth Ten

The Fifth Ten

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The First Ten

1. I see a ship in the harbor, I can and shall obey.
2. You Don't have to be rich if you wanna dance, you just have to get down with the Age Of Chance
3. Overall length: 870mm, Length of barrel: 415mm Length of sighting line: 378mm Weight of magazine empty: .42kg
4. Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain I heard you making patterns rhyme
5. I never thought I'd miss you half as much as I do And I never thought I'd feel this way The way I feel about you
6. We're talking away, I don't know what, I'm to say I'll say it anyway, Today's another day to find you, Shying away, I'll be coming for your love, OK
7. If I were to say to you "Can you keep a secret?" Would you know just what to do? Or where to keep it?
8. When your world is full of strange arrangements, And gravity won't pull you through, You know you're missing out on something, well that something depends on you.
9. Caroline laughs and, It’s raining all day, She loves to be one of the girls, She lives in the place
10. I've got too much energy to switch off my mind but not enough to get myself organized My heart is heavy My head is confused And my aching little soul Has started burning blue.

The Second Ten

1. Today he has no means, he's alone and anonymous But written in his cells he has got the marks of the genius I'm looking for this man to sell him to other men To sell him to other men at ten times the price at least
2. On days like this, in times like these, I feel an animal deep inside..."
3. Colour me your colour, baby Colour me your car Colour me your colour, darling I know who you are Come up off your colour chart I know where you're comin' from
4. Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me, town to keep me moving, keep me grooving with some liberty
5. Here in my car , I feel safest of all, I can lock all my doors, It's the only way to live in cars
6. It doesn't hurt me, do you want to feel how it feels, Do you want to know, know that it doesn't hurt me, Do you want to hear 'bout the deal that I'm making, You, you and me
7. Give me time, To realise my crime, Let me love and steal, I have danced, Inside your eyes. How can I be real
8. The Salvation Army band played., And the children drunk lemonade., And the morning lasted all day, all day.
9. Now - The mist across the window hides the lines, But nothing hides the colour of the lights that shine, Electricity's so fine, Look and dry your eyes
10. US bombs crusin' overhead There goes my love rocket red Shoot it up, Shoot it up, Blaster bomb bomb bomb ahead Multi Millions still unfed, A mondo teeno givin' head, Shoot it up, Shoot it up;

The Third Ten

1. It's Christmastime, There's no need to be afraid, At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy
2. All the old paintings on the tomb, They do the sand dance, don'cha know? If they move too quick (Oh-Way-Oh), They're falling down like a domino
3. Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame Turning and returning to some secret place inside Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say
4. First when there's nothing, but a slow glowing dream that your fear seems to hide, deep inside your mind.
5. Baby, don't be shy when you're holding my hand, Because as time goes by you've got to understand It's you (It's you!) B-b-b-b-baby in your eyes, I see it so good That I love you so strong and you never go wrong I got the best for you!
6. Girl of sixteen, Whole life ahead of her Slashed her wrists, Bored with life Didn't succeed, Thank the Lord For small mercies
7. Who's that gigolo on the street With his hands in his pockets and his crocodile feet Hanging off the curb, looking all disturbed At the boys from home. They all came running
8. This here's a tale for all the fellas Try to do what those ladies tell us Get shot down cause you're over zealous Play hard to get an females get jealous
9. All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere
10. Take your baby by the hand And make her do a high hand stand Take your baby by the heel And do the next thing that you feel

The Fourth Ten

1. Hey little sister what have you done Hey little sister who's the only one Hey little sister who's your superman Hey little sister who's the one you want Hey little sister shot gun!
2. I have a picture pinned to my wall An image of you and of me and we’re laughing We’re loving it all
3. Standing on the limits of an endless ocean, staring like a runaway lost at sea.
4. When I look back upon my life, its always with a sense of shame, there’s always been someone to blame
5. Say you won't leave me no more, I'll take you back again, no more excuses no, no, Cos I've heard them all before, a hundred times or more
6. You don't need diamond rings or eighteen carat gold, fancy cars that go very fast, you know they never last, no, no
7. I would say I'm sorry if I thought that it would change your mind, but I know that this time I've said too much, been too unkind
8. All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces, bright and early for their daily races, going nowhere, going nowhere
9. I don't want to take it anymore, I'll just stay here locked behind the door, Just no time to stop and get away cos I work so hard to make it everyday
10. Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach

The Fifth Ten

1. She's got a smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky.
2. Can you hear them, they talk about us, telling lies well that's no surprise
3. Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song?
4. Hey, here is the story, forget about the trouble in life, don't you know, it's not easy when you gotta walk upon that line.
5. Won't you come see about me, I'll be alone, dancing, you know it Baby. Tell me your troubles and doubts, giving me everything inside and out
6. Sade dit moi, sade donne moi, sade dit moi qu'est ce que tu vas chercher?
7. I try to discover a little something to make me sweeter, oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
8. Watch out you might get what you're after, cool babies strange but not a stranger, i'm an ordinary guy
9. You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case, alone on a platform the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face.
10. We're no strangers to love, you know the rules and so do I, a full commitment's what I'm thinking of, you wouldn't get this from any other guy.