Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas Time



And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life
(Oooh) Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

Bananrama: Cruel Summer



It's a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel, cruel summer
Now you've gone

Icicle Works: Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)



Love comes, down upon us
Till you flow like water
Burning, with the hope of insight
Feathered, look they're covered
with a bright elation,
Stolen, in the sight of love

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Haircut 100: Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)



Time can't afford no time
Can't afford the rhyme
Nevermind, someday maybe
Boy meets girl

Oingo Boingo: Stay



Wont you stay with me one more day
If we get through one more night

Go West: We Close Our Eyes



Heroes never give into the night
He knows how far he can run
And as he surrenders
You can almost hear time slipping away

Josie Cotton: Johnny Are You Queer



Johny what's the deal boy
Is your love for real boy
when the lights are low
You never hold me close Now I saw you today boy
Walking with them gay boys
Now you hurt me so, now I gotta know Johny are you queer?
'Cause when I see you dancing with your friends
I can't help wondering where I stand

The Polecats: Make A Circuit With Me



I'm an AC/DC man
You can read my circuit diagram
I feed on electric jolts
I need fifty-thousand volts

Red Rockers: China



Dreamers are not all they seem,
sleeping in her silent dream
She locks it all inside and hides it all away

The Clash: Train In Vain



Say you stand by your man
Tell me something I dont understand
You said you love me and thats a fact
Then you left me, said you felt trapped

Scritti Politti: Perfect Way



Maybe tomorrow the next letter or when the weather gets better
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue

The Cure: Why Can't I Be You



you turn my head when you turn around
you turn the whole world upside down
i'm smitten i'm bitten i'm hooked i'm cooked
i'm stuck like glue!
you make me
make me hungry for you

Ultravox: Reap The Wild Wind



You take my hand and give me your friendship.
I'll take my time and send you my slow reply.
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it.
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die.

Romeo Void: Never Say Never



I might like you better
If we slept together

Queen: Under Pressure



Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
give love give love give love give love give love
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for

Paul Young: Come Back And Stay



When you said goodbye
I was trying to hide what I felt inside
Until it passed me by
You said you'd return
You said that you'd be mine till the end of time
Well don't wait any longer

M: Pop Muzik



New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik

James: Laid



This bed is on fire
With passionate love
The neighbours complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she’s on top

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Two Tribes



Are we living in a land
Where sex and horror are the new Gods?
Yeah

Book Of Love: Boy



And now it's alright
without those boys
I stay at home at night
and I play with my toys

Happy Mondays: Step On



Hey rainmaker he got golden plans I tell you
You'll make a stranger in your own land
Hey good lady he's got God on his side he got a double
Tongue you never think he would lie

Blur: There's No Other Way



You're taking the fun
Out of everything
Making me run
When I don't want to think

The Bangles: In Your Room



In your room
I come alive when I'm with you
I'll do anything you want me to
In your room

Violent Femmes: Kiss Off



I take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my loneliness and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost god and
10 10 10 10 for everything everything everything everything

Monday, December 22, 2008

'Til Tuesday: Voices Carry



He wants me, but only part of the time
He wants me, if he can keep me in line

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Taco: Puttin' On The Ritz



If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
why don't you go where fashion sits,
Puttin' on the ritz.

Stephen Tin Tin Duffy: KIss Me



Wow I feel so fresh today.
Barefoot in the snow to make love in the hay.
The stars are bright in the abyss,
Now I can feel you in my arms
I explode inside your kiss.

U2: All I Want Is You



You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

Visage: Fade To Grey



Aaah, we fade to grey

Wang Chung: Dance Hall Days



Take your baby by the hair
And pull her close and there there there
Take your baby by the ears
And play upon her darkest fears

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Culture Club: Church Of The Poison Mind



Desolate loving in your eyes
You used an made my life so sweet
Step out like a God found child
I saw your eyes across the street

Elvis Costello: Veronica



Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own
and a delicate look in her eye
These days I'm afraid she's not even sure if her
name is Veronica

Simple Minds: Promised You A Miracle



Everything is possible
With promises
Everything is possible

Friday, December 12, 2008

Roxy Music: More Than This



It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like dream in the night
Who can say where we´re going

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Camouflage: Love Is A Shield



and when I sometimes close my eyes
my mind starts spinning round.

Baltimora: Tarzan Boy



Take a chance
Leave everything behind you
Come and join me
Won't be sorry
It's easy to survive

Arcadia: Election Day



All over you as they say rumours or rivals yell at the strike force
Hi guys, by the way, are you aware you're being illegal

The Cars: Moving In Stereo



Its so easy to blow up your problems
Its so easy to play up your breakdown
Its so easy to fly through a window
Its so easy to fool with the sound

The Blow Monkeys: Digging Your Scene



It’ll get you in the end,
Its god’s revenge
Oh I know
I should come clean
But I prefer to deceive

Gary Myrick And The Figures: She Talks In Stereo

Sparks: Eaten By The Monster Of Love



It's hard to fight it off much more
I hear it drooling by the door
Eaten by the monster of love

The Call: I Still Believe



For people like us
In places like this
We need all the hope
That we can get
Oh, I still believe

Squeeze: Take Me, I'm Yours



Its really been some welcome
You never seem to change
A grape to tempt your leisure
Romantic gestures strange
My eagle flies tomorrow
Its a game I treasure dear
To seek the helpless future
My love at last Im here

B-Movie: Nowhere Girl



nowhere girl you're living in a dream,
nowhere girl you stay behind the scenes,
nowhere girl you never go outside,
nowhere girl cause you prefer to hide.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Eurythmics: Love Is A Stranger



Its savage and its cruel
And it shines like destruction
Comes in like the flood
And it seems like religion
Its noble and its brutal
It distorts and deranges
And it wrenches you up
And youre left like a zombie

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Real Life: God Tonight



Put your hand on your heart
When you tell me a lie
Put your lipstick on then put
Your lips on mine

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Toy Dolls: Nellie The Elephant



Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus
off she rode with a trumpety trump
trump trump trump
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle
off she rode with a trumpety trump
trump trump trump

Crowded House: Don't Dream It's Over



There's a battle ahead,
Many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
while you're travelling with me

Gene Loves Jezebel: Motion Of Love



I just wanna kiss, just wanna kiss
Your lips, your lips
I wanna kiss, I wanna kiss
Just a bit like this, oh yes

Boys Don't Cry: I Wanna Be A Cowboy



I've got my saddle
On my horse.
He's called....T-t-t-t-t-trigger
Of course

Aztec Camera: Oblivious



I hear your footsteps in the street,
It wont be long before we meet,
Its obvious.
Just count me in and count me out and
Ill be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious...

Sharpe and Numan: Change Your Mind



Why don't you ever listen
It's you I'm talking to
This time it's your decision
We're into something new

Altered Images: Happy Birthday



Happy
happy birthday in a hot bath
To those nice
nice nights.
I remember always
always I got such a fright.

The Stranglers: Skin Deep



Many people tell you that they're your friend
You believe them
You need them

Echo & The Bunnymen: Lips Like Sugar



She floats like a swan
Grace on the water
Lips like sugar
Lips like sugar
Just when you think youve caught her
She glides across the water
She calls for you tonight
To share this moonlight

Level 42: Something About You



How can it be
That a love
Carved out of caring
Fashioned by fate
Could suffer so hard
From the games
Played once too often

Monday, December 1, 2008

Propaganda: Duel



the first cut won't hurt at all
the second only makes you wonder
the third will have you on your knees
you start bleeding I start screaming

Big Audio Dynamite: E=MC2



Met a dwarf that was no good
Dressed like little Red Riding Hood
Bad habit taking life
Calling card a six inch knife

Shriekback: Nemesis



Priests and cannibals prehistoric animals
Everybody's happy as the dead come home
Big black nemesis parthenogenesis
No one move a muscle as the dead come home

Sisters Of Mercy: This Corrosion



On daze, like this
In times like these
I feel an animal deep inside
Heel to haunch on bended knees
Living on if and if I tried,
Somebody send me... please...

XTC: King For A Day



Well the way that were living,
Is all take and no giving,
Theres nothing to believe in,
The loudest mouth will hail the new found way,
To be king for a day.

R.E.M.: Orange Crush



I've had my fun and now its time to
Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me)
Coming in fast, over me

Sledgehammer: Peter Gabriel



All you do is call me
Ill be anything you need

Sinéad O'Connor: Mandinka



Soon I can give you my heart
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain

Love and Rockets: So Alive



I don't know what colour your eyes are, baby
But your hair is long and brown
Your legs are strong, and you're so, so long
And you don't come from this town

The Origin: Growing Old



How many times have you cried inside?

The Church: Reptile



Had you coiled around my arm.
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes?
But that was long ago.

Thompson Twins: If You Were Here



if you were here
i could deceive you
and if you were here
you would believe
but would you suspect
my emotion wandering, yeah

Stereo MC's: Connected



If you make sure you're connected
The writing's on the wall
But if your mind's neglected
Stumble you might fall

The Mission UK: Tower Of Strength



You raise me up
When I'm on the floor
You see me through
When I'm lonely and scared
And I'm feeling true to the written word
And you're true to me
And still I need more
It would tear me apart
To feel no one ever cared

Ministry: Work For Love



You said you needed full time help
Cos youre all alone
I said Id work for nothing at all
If I just could take you home

Berlin: Sex (I'm A...)



Skin to skin, tongue to oooh! Come on honey hold tight
Come inside, it's a passion play just for you
Let's get lost in that magic place all alone now
Drink your fill from my fountain of love, wet your lips

The Alarm: Rain In The Summertime



And then I run til the breath tears my throat
til the pain hits my side
As if I run fast enough
I can leave all the pain and the sadness behind

Adam Ant: Room At The Top



You can keep your fancy bars
Clubby friends and fast cars
And when the going gets hard
You can eat your credit cards

A-Ha: The Sun Always Shines On TV



Please don't ask me to defend
The shameful lowlands of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
I reached inside myself today
Thinking there's got to be some way
To keep my troubles distant.

ABC: The Look Of Love



When your girl has left you out on the pavement
Then your dreams fall apart at the seams
Your reason for livings your reason for leaving
Dont ask me what it means

Alphaville: Dance With Me



Then you'll meet me there under the moonshine.
In a lover's heaven
we'll keep our promises at last

Talk Talk: It's My Life



Funny how I find myself
In love with you
If I could buy my reasoning
I pay to lose

Tears For Fears: Change



I did not have the time, I did not have the nerve
To ask you how you feel, is this what you deserve

Joe Jackson: Steppin' Out



We -
So tired of all the darkness in our lives
With no more angry words to say
Can come alive
Get into a car and drive
To the other side

The Human League: Human



So many nights I longed to hold you
So many times I looked and saw your face
Nothing could change the way I feel
No-one else could ever take your place

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Billy Idol: Flesh For Fantasy



Its after midnight
Are you feelin alright oh yeah
Turn on the light, babe
Are you someone else tonight?

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Talking Heads: Psycho Killer



You start a conversation you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?

Pixies: Here Comes Your Man



i know the nervous walking
i know the dirty beard hangs
out by the box car waiting
take me away to nowhere plains
there is a wait so long

Duran Duran: Union Of The Snake



Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right

Big Pig: Breakaway



All my life I wanted to fly
Like the birds that you see way up in the sky
Making circles in the morning sun
Flying high in the sky ‘til the day is done

Oingo Boingo: Little Girls



They dont ask me questions
They dont want to scold me
They dont look for answers
They just want to hold me
Isnt this fun
Isnt this what lifes all about
Isnt this a dream come true
Isnt this a nightmare too

Electronic: Getting Away With It



I hate that mirror, it makes me feel so worthless
I'm an original sinner but when I'm with you I couldn't care less
I've been getting away with it all my life

Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart



Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
Our respect run so dry?
Yet theres still this appeal
That weve kept through our lives

Deee-Lite: Groove Is In The Heart



The chills that you
Spill up my back
Keep me filled with
Satisfaction when we're done
Satisfaction of what's to come

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult: Sex On Wheelz



history is written by winners baby
so let's make a little
of our own tonight
if you're thinkin' my idea of fun
is a drag
then you've never been to paradise

Contagion: Scratch



Release the pressure that builds within
Scratching scraping breaking shaking
Losing yourself over to them
Ripping tearing when the mind stops the nightmares begin

Blancmange: Don't Tell Me



How can I be sure you're breaking all the rules
How can I be sure I should be high above
I'll climb the mountain, reaching for the skies
And all too soon I jump the moon and find I'm losing my mind

Yaz: Don't Go



Cant stop now dont you know I aint never gonna let you go
Dont go

The Smiths: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out



And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

Howard Jones: No One Is To Blame



And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame

Nik Kershaw: Wouldn't It Be Good



You must be joking you don't know a thing about it.
You've got no problems I'd stay right there if I were you.
I got it harder you couldn't dream how hard I got it

Pet Shop Boys: It's A Sin



Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand

Heaven 17: Let Me Go



I tried but could not bring
The best of everything
Too breathless then to wonder
I died a thousand times
Found guilty of no crime
Now everything is thunder

Simple Minds: Alive and Kicking



You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you

Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost In You



A man in my shoes
runs a light
and all the papers
lied tonight
but falling over you
is the news of the day
Angels fall like rain
And love - is all
of heaven away

The Pretenders: Don't Get Me Wrong



Once in awhile
Two people meet
Seemingly for no reason
They just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain
But theres something in the air

Trans X: Living On Video



I see your glitterring blue eyes
you look at me with a smile.
It's a computer fantasy
it is waiting for you and me

The Style Council: Shout To The Top



When youre knocked on your back - an your lifes a flop
And when youre down on the bottom theres nothing else
But to shout to the top - shout!

Hipsway: The Honey Thief



Thats the price you pay
When love gets in the way

New Order: Regret



Just wait till tomorrow
I guess thats what they all say
Just before they fall apart

The Cars: Hello Again



You left the scene
Without a trace
One hand on the ground
One hand in space

A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age Love Song



I saw your eyes,
And you touched my mind.
Although it took a while,
I was falling in love

Divine: You Think You're A Man



Turn around
stand up like a man and
look me in the eye.

Soft Cell: Sex Dwarf



I could make a film
And make you my star
You'd be a natural
The way you are
I would like you on
A long black leash
I would parade you
Down the high street

The Bollock Brothers: Harley David

Siouxie and the Banshees: Peek-A-Boo



Reeking like a pigsty
Peeling back and gagging free
Flaccid ego in your hand
Chokes on dry tears, can you understand?

Nine Inch Nails: Something I Can Never Have



I still recall the taste of my tears.
Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears.
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore.
Scraping through my head till I dont want to sleep anymore.

Depeche Mode: A Question of Lust



Fragile
Like a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me
Id never willingly
Do you harm

David Bowie: Let's Dance



Let's sway
While color lights up your face
Let's sway
Sway through the crowd to an empty space

The Cult: Wild Flower



Hey you
Youre a wild honey child
Im out of control
Every time you are near me
Im a wolf child, baby
And Im howlin for you
My heart beats faster, hrrrr
Hey hey, and its overpowered, wow

Friday, November 28, 2008

Erasure: Blue Savannah



My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dead or Alive: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)



Yeah I, I got to know your name
Well and I, could trace your private number baby
All I know is that to me
You look like you're lots of fun
Open up your lovin' arms
I want some

King: Love and Pride



In you I've found a story I want to keep hearing.
In you I see all colours
not just black or white.
In you I find a reason and hope for all dreamers

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Kon Kan: I Beg Your Pardon



I know what's on your mind you've got lots to lose
Your shallow acquaintances what's there to choose
Yuo won't get too deep even though I'm worth so much more

Monday, November 24, 2008

INXS: Don't Change



Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me

Sunday, November 23, 2008

General Public: Tenderness



I held your hands
Rings but none on that finger
We danced and danced
But I was scared to go much further with it
Just half a chance
Make sure that one night you're here,
But next night you're not
It always leaves me searching for a little

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Front 242: Headhunter



One you lock the target,
Two you bait the line,
Three you slowly spread the net
And four you catch the man!

Friday, November 21, 2008

OMD: Souvenir



in conversation
in combination
i tell the truth
my feelings still remain