Lyrics by JGF copyright 2024

Orbital, ZZ Top
Yello, Living in a box
Nu Shooz, Sneaker Pimps
Technotronic, Ya K Kid

Baby Ford, Kajagoogoo
Lemonheads, Stacey Q
Weird Al, Wonderstuff
Oingo Boingo, Madness

Tone Loc, EnVogue 
J J Fad, Kylie Minogue
Dramarama, Madonna  
U2, Africa Bambata

Aerosmith, Run D M C
Whitney Houston, Shiela E 
Bee Gees, EPMD
Greater than One, Easy E

Pseudo Echo, Howard Jones
Sinead O'Conner, Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails, Chicago 
RevCo, Go Go's, E.L.O.

T-42, When in Rome
Rod Stewart, Los Lobos
Parliament, Adam Ant
Suzanne Vega, Union Jack

Spandau Ballet, Opus III
Prince, Queen, B.B. King
Stevie Wonder, XTC
Nirvana, Dream Academy

De La Soul, Solid Gold
Enigma, Lead Into Gold
Abba, Enya, Ultravox
The Art of Noise, Xymox

Samantha Fox, Diana Ross
David Lee Roth, Iggy Pop
Rob Base DJ E Z Rock
Young MC, Sir Mix a Lot

Rick James, LL Cool J
Eddy Grant, and Dr. Dre
Tones On Tail, Taylor Dayne
the Barkays, on Soul Train

The Hooters, Cardigans
American Bandstand
Dick Clark, Cocteau Twins 
O'Jays, Aretha Franklin

Rick Springfield, Thomas Dolby
Peter Schilling, Tiffany
Rick Astley, Peter Murphy
Tom Petty, Paul McCartney

Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi
David Bowie, Morissey
Downtown Julie Brown 
Live on Club M T V

Club MTV
M T V
Yeah!

Life's Misfortune - Name Dropping (Part 2)

Lyrics by The Carpenters

There's a kind of hush
All over the world tonight
All over the world
You can hear the sound of lovers in love

You know what I mean, just the two of us
And nobody else in sight
There's nobody else and I'm feeling good
Just holding you tight

So listen very carefully
Get closer now and you will see
What I mean
It isn't a dream
The only sound that you will hear
Is when I whisper in your ear
I love you
Forever and ever

There's a kind of hush
All over the world tonight
All over the world
People just like us are falling in love

So listen very carefully
Get closer now and you will see
What I mean
It isn't a dream
The only sound that you will hear
Is when I whisper in your ear
I love you
Forever and ever

There's a kind of hush
All over the world tonight
All over the world
You can hear the sound of lovers in love

Life's Misfortune - Whisper In The Hush

Lyrics by New Order

[Verse 1]
Oh I've just come
From the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
Your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God

[Chorus]
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

[Verse 2]
You just can't believe
The joy I did receive
When I finally got my leave
And I was going home
Oh I flew through the sky
My convictions could not lie
For my country I would die
And I will see it soon

[Chorus]
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

[Verse 3]
When I walked through the door
My wife she lay upon the floor
And with tears her eyes were sore
I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand
And I saw the telegram
That said that I was a brave, brave man
But that I was dead

[Chorus]
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home

Manitou Blues - Love Vigilantes

Lyrics by Peter Schilling

[Verse 1]
Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go, "Are you sure?"
Control is not convinced, but the computer
Has the evidence, no need to abort
The countdown starts
Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax up in the capsule
"Send me up a drink," jokes Major Tom
The count goes on

[Pre-Chorus]
Four, three, two, one

[Chorus]
Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, calling, calling home

[Verse 2]
Second stage is cut, we're now in orbit
Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect requested data
"What will it affect when all is done?"
Thinks Major Tom
Back at Ground Control, there is a problem
"Go to rockets full," not responding
"Hello, Major Tom, are you receiving?
Turn the thrusters on, we're standing by"
There's no reply

[Pre-Chorus]
Four, three, two, one

[Chorus]
Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, calling, calling home

[Verse 3]
Across the stratosphere, a final message
"Give my wife my love," then nothing more
Far beneath the ship the world is mourning
They don't realize he's alive
No one understands, but Major Tom sees
"Now the light commands, this is my home
I'm coming home"

[Chorus]
Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, coming home
Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, coming home
Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, coming, coming home

[Outro]
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home

Life's Misfortune - Major Tom(coming Home)

Lyrics by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

[Verse 1]
If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me, just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
We've always had time on our side
Now it's fading fast
Every second, every moment
We've gotta make it last

[Chorus]
I touch you once, I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I need you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday

[Verse 2]
If you leave I won't cry
I won't waste one single day
But if you leave don't look back
I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You've got to, you've gotta say you will

[Chorus]
I'll touch you once, I'll touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I need you then
You always said we'd meet again

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
I touch you once, I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I need you then
You always said we'd still be friends
I touch you once, I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I need you then
You always said we'd meet again someday

[Outro]
(Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh)
If you leave
(Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh)
Oh, if you leave
(Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh)
Oh, if you leave
(Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh)
Don't look back
(Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh)
Don't look back
(Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh
Huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-huh, huh-uh-uh)

Life's Misfortune - If You Leave

Lyrics by Pet Shop Boys

[Verse 1]
Are you feeling alright?
It's easy, we've been there before
But it feels like the flight
Of the von Trapps, does that mean it's war?

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh no
From my head to my toes
I'm in love with you
Do you think it shows?

[Verse 2]
We're meant to be friends
That's what it says in the script
Is it really the end
If, sometimes, I stray just a bit?

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh no
It should be poetry, not prose
I'm in love with you
Do you think it shows?

[Chorus]
And everyone knows when they look at us
'Course they do, it must be obvious
I never told you, now I suppose
That you're the only one who doesn't know

[Verse 3]
You were different when
We met in an ordinary way
I didn't intend
To interrupt your own shadow play

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh no
I won't upset the status quo
I'm in love with you
Do you think it shows?

[Chorus]
And everyone knows when they look at us
'Course they do, it must be obvious
You've never asked me, and I'm surprised
That you're the only one who hasn't tried

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
Everyone knows when they look at us
'Course they do, it must be obvious
I never asked you, now I suppose
That you're the only one who doesn't know
[Outro]
Oh, when they look at us
"It must be obvious"
Ooh

Life's Misfortune - It Must Be Obvious

Lyrics by Pet Shop Boys

[Verse 1]
The city is quiet, too cold to walk alone
Strangers in overcoats hurry on home
Tonight I've been walking in the rain
Someone's been talking and I've got the blame

[Pre-Chorus]
Chained, framed, you know what I mean
Push me in a corner and I'll scream

[Chorus]
Just give me one more, one more chance
One more, one more chance

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
I will find out wherever you are
Drinking in another club or driving in your car
Walking through empty streets
Stupid fool, that was yours for keeps

[Pre-Chorus]
Chained, framed, you know what I mean
Push me in a corner and I'll scream

[Chorus]
One more, one more chance
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more chance, one more chance tonight

[Verse 3]
The city is quiet, too cold to walk alone
Strangers in overcoats hurry on home
Tonight I've been walking in the rain
Someone's been talking and I've got the blame

[Pre-Chorus]
Chained, framed, you know what I mean
Push me in a corner and I'll scream

[Chorus]
One more, one more chance
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more chance, one more chance tonight

[Bridge]
You're so extreme
I want to take you home with me
Come on, tell me one more time, I don't mind
Baby, I don't mind, I don't mind
[Refrain]
Just give me one more...

[Interlude]

[Pre-Chorus]
Push me in a corner and I'll scream

[Chorus]
One more, one more chance
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more chance, one more chance

[Outro]
Just give me one more
One more
Give me one more, one more chance
Give me one more chance, one more chance to...
I don't mind

Life's Misfortune - One More Chance

Lyrics by A Flock of Seagulls

[Verse 1]
I saw your eyes
And you made me smile
And for a little while
I was falling in love

[Verse 2]
I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
And though it took a while
I was falling in love

[Guitar Solo]

[Interlude]
I was falling in love

[Verse 3]
I saw your eyes (I saw your eyes, I saw your eyes)
And you made me cry (Made me cry, made me cry)
And for a little while (Little while, little while)
I was falling in love

[Guitar Solo]

[Interlude]
I was falling in love

[Outro]
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love

Life's Misfortune - Space Age Love Song (alternative mix)

Lyrics by JGF copyright 2024

Here's a song about my grade-school crush, 
a tom-boy so cute she could make me blush.
It was the last day, and we were running fast.
Winning ribbons and, havin a blast...

There were soccer games and high fives
I was wanting kisses... but too shy.
We used to roll around in the grass, 
And looking back, I should have made a pass...

There was the talent show we both were in.
Yeah, California Girls in the gymnasium.
You were the cutest girl I've ever seen.
Settin' the bar high... before our teens.

Like Shirley Temple with her curly hair.
or, Christie Brinkley with a gorgeous stare.
She's the kindest girl you'll ever meet...
And, a future home coming queen.

I used to see her tanning in the back yard.
while sittin' next to the pool... 
She was lookin so hot, yet stayin' cool...
Oh my God... she's just so beautiful.

Your blue house, and our back yards. 
Alley way flirting it up... so hard. 
Throwing life savers in paper planes.
Just to say... how sweet you are.

I could see your house from my back door.
And every time I saw you, it made me want you even more.
I used to ride my bike all around the block.
Just to see... if you were home or not...

let's hear it for the boy...
was playing on the toy... 
radio.... 

In the drive way you would play, 
and roller skate all day... 
to the radio...

Like Shirley Temple with her curly hair.
or, Christie Brinkley with a gorgeous stare.
She's the kindest girl you'll ever meet...
And, the future home coming queen.

I used to see her tanning in the back yard.
while sittin', next to, the pool... 
She was lookin so hot, yet stayin' cool...
Oh my God... she's just so beautiful.
She's so beautiful...

Jean jackets... and Keds white shoes.
Little boys rocking their... underoos.
Your sisters were perverts I swear...
Tryin to see the color of my underwear.

We were playing tag, and truth or dare...
We're so young, that no one cares.
Staying out, all, night, long...
Until we see the streetlights come on.

With parents gone the coast is clear.
We're in a panel van, drinking a beer.
Bubble windows, and velvet seats...
Livin' some hippie van fantasy...
Just a fantasy...

And that first time, French kiss...
side of house, by the gate.
Oh great, big mistake...
I was with the wrong girl... so irate.

Lost again, to my friend.
Hoping later it might end...
No luck, I'm stuck, without the one, 
I'm lovestruck...

Weekends at the skating rink
Gotta lucky charm with your name.
Our first date, holding hands...
It's a couples skate, slow dance.
Disco balls and sock hops.
DJ's playing pop rock.
Animotion, Loverboy...
Madonna with her lucky star.

Wearing crazy eighties shades.
In lots of colors and weird shapes.
Dayglo pink and yellow bright...
and turquoise just like, Miami Vice...

Welcome to the Neighborhood - First Crush

Lyrics by JGF copyright 2024

[Verse 1]
If feels like yesterday...
when we were there.
Girls were wearing shoulder pads
and teasing their hair.
Posters plastered on your bedroom walls
No caller ID, we were making prank phone calls.

[Verse 2]
Acid washed jeans, rolled real tight
Sneaking out of windows, late at night.
Boys and girls were cruisin' in their cars
from Sonic, down to the gas station...
By the house of Sight-N-Sound, we turn around, and head back down Santa Fe. 
Some were drinkin', some were screamin'
Hey baby... what's your name?

[Verse 3]
And some were trying to impress,
with the bumpin' beats of the bass,
coming from the trunk of their car. 
Going, boom boom boom...

While others drove muscle cars, 
revving engines and squealing tires,
showing how fast they can go.
Va-room Va-room Va-room...

Hey baby... what's your name? 

[Chorus]
Tube tops, and daisy dukes.
bleached blonde hair, and fake tans too.
If you want to know where the action is,
you've got to get out...  
This Is It!

It seems we were growing up a little too fast,
And now we sit back, and remember the past. 
Wishing things weren't so different now...
Feels like technology ruined it all somehow...

[Verse 4]
We used to find endless things to do...
like on-top of Indian Rock, makin out with you.
Maybe a dinner and a date before it gets too late.
Eat some pizza at the Scheme before we do our thing.

[Verse 5]
How bout a round of miniature golf? 
or a midnight stroll through the park?
Maybe today ride our bikes down the dike, 
or we can do whatever we like.
Or meet at the Mid-State-Mall,
the smell of Karmelkorn fills the halls
And if you have a roll of quarters or two
why don't you take me to the arcade with you? 

[Chorus 2]
Flashing lights, and crazy sounds, 
There were people everywhere, all around.
If you want to know where the action is,
you should know by now... 
This Is It!

And now we know life happens too fast,
We all sit back, and remember the past. 
thinking of the things that made us laugh,
Sometimes... 
You know... 
I want to go back...

Welcome to the Neighborhood - Yesterday

Jered Flickinger

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