First Wave Flashcards
Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven
Don’t tear you apart
Psychedelic Furs
I never thought it would happen
With me and a girl from Clapham
Out on the windy common
That night I ain’t forgotten…
Squeeze
If a boy had a chance A chance with someone like you Are you gonna break his heart? Let him cry for the moon? Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes? I just freeze (I just freeze) Every time you see through me (see through) And it's all over you Electric blue
Icehouse
Under blue moon, I saw you So soon you'll take me Up in your arms, too late to beg you Or cancel it, though I know it must be The killing time Unwillingly mine
Echo & The Bunnymen
I saw you there, just standing there
And I thought I was only dreaming, yeah
I kissed you then, then once again
You said you would come and dance with me
Dance with me across the sea
And we can feel the motion of a thousand dreams
Doctor Doctor
Thompson Twins
Whoa A hot summer night, fell like a net I've gotta find my baby yet I need you, to soothe my head And turn my blue heart to red
Robert Palmer
I am the son And the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular
The Smiths
… Oh, I used to be disgusted
And now I try to be amused
But since their wings have got rusted
You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes
Elvis Costello
In the dark of the night Those small hours Uncertain and anxious I need to call you Rooms full of strangers Some call me friends But I wish you were so close to me
INXS
The walls are built up stone by stone The fields divided one by one And the train conductor says Take a break, driver 8 Driver 8, take a break
R.E.M.
The middle of the road is trying to find me
I’m standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
Well I got a smile for everyone I meet
The Pretenders
Do you believe in heaven above Do you believe in love Don't tell a lie don't be false and untrue It all comes back to you Open fire! On my burning heart I've never been lucky in love My defences are down A kiss or a frown I can't survive on my own
Real Life
if you were here i could deceive you and if you were here you would believe but would you suspect my emotion wandering, yeah do not want a part of this anymore
Thompson Twins
Ah, ha, ha
Oh-oh, yeah
‘Til you work
Somebody told me
“Boy, everything she wants is everything she sees”
I guess I must have loved you
Because I said you were the perfect girl for me
Baby, and now we’re six months older
And everything you want, and everything you see
Is out of reach, not good enough
I don’t know what the hell you want from me, oh
Wham!
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad good-byes
George Michael
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 All I'm saying It takes a lot to love you All I'm doing You know it's true All I mean now There's one thing yes one thing that turns this gray sky to blue That's the look, that's the look The look of love
ABC
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, okay? Take on me (take on me)
A-ha
I’ve never seen you look like this without a reason
Another promise fallen through
Another season passes by you
I never took the smile away from anybody’s face
And that’s a desperate way to look
For someone who is still a child
In a big country dreams stay with you
Like a lover’s voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive, here we go
Big Country
On the floors of Tokyo Or down in London town to go, go With a record selection and a mirror's reflection I'm dancing with myself When there's no one else in sight In the crowded lonely night Well, I wait so long for my love vibration And I'm dancing with myself
Billy Idol
Ready, Steady, Go I'm not in love with television I'm not in love with the radio I'm not in love with the Kings Road Because I'm in love with Cathy McGowan - she said
Generation X
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don’t look to us
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain’t got no swing
Except for the ring of the truncheon thing
The Clash
Let me take you on a trip Around the world and back And you won't have to move, you just sit still Now let your mind do the walking And let my body do the talking Let me show you the world in my eyes
Depeche Mode
Meeting you with a view to a kill Face to faces, secret places, feel the chill Night fall covers me But you know the plans I'm making Still overseas, Could it be the whole lot opening wide A sacred why A mystery gaping inside A week is why
Duran Duran
Shake up the picture the lizard mixture with your dance on the eventide
You got me coming up with answers all of which I deny
I said it again but could I please rephrase it, maybe I can catch a ride
I couldn’t really put it much plainer but I’ll wait ‘til you decide
Duran Duran
She floats like a swan Grace on the water Lips like sugar Lips like sugar Just when you think you've caught her She glides across the water She calls for you tonight To share this moonlight
Echo & The Bunnymen
I love you whether or not you love me
I love you even if you think that I don’t
Sometimes I find you doubt my love for you
But I don’t mind
Why should I mind?
Why should I mind?
What is love anyway?
Howard Jones
I've been waiting for so long To come here now and sing this song Don't be fooled by what you see Don't be fooled by what you hear This is a song to all my friends They take the challenge to their hearts Challenging preconceived ideas Saying goodbye to long standing fears Don't crack up Bend your brain See both sides Throw off your mental chains
Howard Jones
We're not scared to lose it all Security throw through the wall Future dreams we have to realize A thousand skeptic hands Won't keep us from the things we plan Unless we're clinging to the things we prize And do you feel scared? I do But I won't stop and falter And if we threw it all away Things can only get better
Howard Jones
You can look at the menu, but you just can’t eat
You can feel the cushions, but you can’t have a seat
You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can’t have a swim
You can feel the punishment, but you can’t commit the sin
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
Howard Jones
He wasn’t looking for a pretty face
She wasn’t searching for the latest style
He didn’t want someone who walked straight off the TV
She needed someone with an interior smile
She wasn’t looking for a cuddle in the back seat
He wasn’t looking for a five minute thrill
She wasn’t thinking of tomorrow or of next week
This vacancy he meant to permanently fill
I need an everlasting love
I need a friend and a lover divine
An everlasting precious love
Wait for it, wait for it, give it some time
Howard Jones
You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook you up
And turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on you’ve got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don’t forget it’s me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too.
Human League
Come on baby, dry your eyes
Wipe your tears
Never like to see you cry
Won’t you please forgive me
I wouldn’t ever try to hurt you
I just needed someone to hold me
To fill the void while you were gone
To fill this space of emptiness
I’m only human
Of flesh and blood I’m made
Human
Born to make mistakes
Human League
Live baby live. Now that the day is over. I got a new sensation. In perfect moments. Impossible to refuse. Sleep baby sleep. Now that the night is over
INXS
You told me you loved me So I don't understand Why promises are snapped in two And words are made to bend The bigger, the better Some stolen from Japan Collected from around the world They'll catch you if they can Lies, lies, lies, yeah Lies, lies, lies, yeah
Thompson Twins
I have a picture
Pinned to my wall
An image of you and of me and we’re laughing, we’re loving it all
But look at our life now
All tattered and torn
We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we cry until dawn
Oh, whoa
Thompson Twins
This old life seemed much too long Little point in going on I couldn't think of what to say Words just vanished in a haze I was feeling cold and tired Yeah, kinda sad and uninspired When it almost seemed too much I see your face and sense the grace And feel the magic in your touch Oh, lay your hands Lay your hands on me
Thompson Twins
I know you well And I can tell Something's on your mind 'Cos in your dreams The demon screams And I know he's going to hurt you blind (bridge) You say you hunger for something you can't get at all And love is not enough anymore IF I WAS KING FOR JUST ONE DAY I WOULD GIVE IT ALL AWAY I WOULD GIVE IT ALL AWAY TO BE WITH YOU
Thompson Twins
You walked into the room I just had to laugh The face you wore was cool You were a photograph When it's all too late It's all too late I did not have the time I did not have the nerve To ask you how you feel Is this what you deserve? When it's all too late It's all too late Change You can change
Tears for Fears
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on, I’m talking to you, come on
Tears for Fears
Welcome to your life. There's no turning back. Even while we sleep. We will find you. Acting on your best behaviour. Turn your back on Mother Nature Everybody wants to rule the world
Tears For Fears
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won’t escape my attention
You keep your distance via the system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I’m lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
Oh, you’re wasting my time
You’re just, just, just wasting time
Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out until I’m head over heels
Tears for Fears
Oh L'Amour Broke my heart Now I'm aching for you Mon amour What's a boy in love Supposed to do Looking for you You were looking for me Always reaching for you You were too blind to see Oh love of my heart Why leave me alone I'm falling apart
Erasure
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 sides Now it's fading fast Every second, every moment We've got to, we've gotta make it last 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
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
How can I explain when there are few words I can choose
How can I explain when words get broken
Do you remember there was a time, ahaha When people on the street We're walking hand in hand in hand They used to talk about the weather Making plans together Days would last forever
Erasure
When I'm with you baby. I go out of my head. And I just can't get enough. And I just can't get enough. All the things you do to me. And everything you said I just can’t get enough I just can’t get enough
Depeche Mode
The bed's too big without you The cold wind blows right through that open door I can't sleep with your memory Dreaming dreams of what used to be When she left I was cold inside That look on my face was just pride No regrets, no love, no tears Living on my own was the least of my fears The bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you The bed's too big Without you
The Police
I can't get to sleep I think about the implication Of diving in too deep And possibly the complications Especially at night I worry over situations I know will be alright Perhaps it's just imagination Day after day it reappears Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear Ghosts appear and fade away
Men at Work
Jump down the shelters to get away The boys are cockin' up their guns Tell us general, is it party time? If it is can we all come Don't think that we don't know Don't think that we're not trying Don't think we move too slow It's no use after crying Saying It's a mistake, it's a mistake It's a mistake, it's a mistake
Men at Work
Who can it be knocking at my door? Go 'way, don't come 'round here no more Can't you see that it's late at night? I'm very tired and I'm not feeling right All I wish is to be alone Stay away, don't you invade my home Best off if you hang outside Don't come in, I'll only run and hide Who can it be now? Who can it be now? Who can it be now? Who can it be now?
Men at Work
I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me
And every step I take reminds me of just how we used to be
Well, how can I forget you girl?
When there is always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me
Naked Eyes
Love I get so lost sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away I drive off in my car But whichever way I go I come back to the place you are All my instincts, they return The grand facade, so soon will burn Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside In your eyes The light, the heat (in your eyes) I am complete (in your eyes) I see the doorway (in your eyes) To a thousand churches (in your eyes) The resolution (in your eyes) Of all the fruitless searches (in your eyes)
Peter Gabriel
How does it feel When you treat me like you do And you've laid your hands upon me And told me who you are? I thought I was mistaken And I thought I heard your words Tell me, how do I feel? Tell me now, how do I feel?
New Order
Won't you please let me go These words lie inside they hurt me so And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you Just what I want to do I'm not the kind that needs to tell you Just what you want me to I saw you this morning I thought that you might like to know I received your message in full a few days ago I understood every word that it said And now that I've actually heard it You're going to regret
New Order
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 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
New Order
Every time I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It’s no problem of mine, but it’s a problem I find
Livin’ a life that I can’t leave behind
There’s no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won’t set you free
But that’s the way that it goes and it’s what nobody knows
Well, every day my confusion grows
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I’m waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can’t say
New Order
Grow up children, don't you suffer At the hands of one another If you like a sleeping demon Listen can you hear him weeping Tears of joy and tears of sorrow He buys love to sell tomorrow My life ain't no holiday I've been through the point of no return I've seen what a man can do I've seen all the hate of a woman too
New Order
I try to discover A little something to make me sweeter Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart I'm so in love with you I'll be forever blue That you gimme no reason Why you make-a-me work so hard That you gimme no That you gimme no That you gimme no That you gimme no
Erasure
I've got to get to you first Before they do It's just a question of time Before they lay their hands on you And make you just like the rest I've got to get to you first It's just a question of time Well, now you're only fifteen And you look good I'll take you under my wing Somebody should They've persuasive ways And you'll believe what they say
Depeche Mode
I wanna know know What you’re thinking There are some things you can’t hide I wanna know what you’re feeling Tell Me what’s on your mind
(Pure energy)
Information Society
Hey, hey, hey, hey Ooh, woah Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving everything inside and out and Love's strange, so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working on Slow change may pull us apart When the light gets into your heart, baby Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me
Simple Minds
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
Now it’s all or nothing
‘Cause you say you’ll follow through
You follow me, and I, I, I follow you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What’s it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who’s got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who’s gonna save you?
Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive
Simple Minds
Growin’ up, you don’t see the writing on the wall
Passin’ by, movin’ straight ahead, you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You’ll find you’re all alone, everything has changed
Play the game, you know you can’t quit until it’s won
Soldier on, only you can do what must be done
You know in some way you’re a lot like me
You’re just a prisoner and you’re tryin’ to break free
I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin’ sky
I’ll be where the eagle’s flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need’s this pair of wheels
Take me where my future’s lyin’, St. Elmo’s fire (Ooh, oooh, oooh)
John Parr
Sometimes you're better off dead There's a gun in your hand it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End town Call the police, there's a mad man around Running down underground To a dive bar in a West End town In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls
Pet Shop Boys
To your soul
To your soul
Cry
Cry
Cry
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
Mother will never understand why you had to leave
But the answers you seek will never be found at home
The love that you need will never be found at home
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Bronski Beat
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody's looking 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
Eurythmics
Would I lie to you? (Oh yeah) Would I lie to you honey? (Oh no, no, no) Now would I say something that wasn't true? I'm asking you sugar Would I lie to you?
Eurythmics
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 sides Now it's fading fast Every second, every moment We've got to, we've gotta make it last 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
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
If you were born in heaven girl I'd understand so well But ever since I've met you child You've made my life such hell With every day that passes I fall nearer to the ground It seems that I've been looking for Something that won't be found I was only dreaming I was only trying to catch your eye I was only wishing you would notice me Instead you said goodbye
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
(Secret)
(Secret)
I've got a secret and I can't explain All the time I've waited for this day All along I was never in doubt I always knew it would ever get out There are things that I cannot tell And there are things that you know damn well This is getting very hard for me I guess you'd better just wait and see
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
In the name of…
In the name of…
In the name of…
Hey you,
I’ve seen your face before
It’s you in the picture which hangs on my bedroom wall
Is it true? All of those things that they say about you
So tell me, tell me, tell me what am I supposed to do
In the name of love, yeah
Thompson Twins
You've gone too far this time But I'm dancing on the Valentine I tell you somebody's fooling around With my chances on the danger line I'll cross that bridge when I find it Another day to make my stand, oh woah High time is no time for deciding If I should find a helping hand, oh woah
Duran Duran
Strangelove Strange highs and strange lows Strangelove That's how my love goes Strangelove Will you give it to me? Will you take the pain I will give to you? Again and again And will you return it?
Depeche Mode
Joey, baby - don't get crazy Detours, fences, I get defensive I know you've heard it all before So I don't say it anymore I just stand by and let you Fight your secret war And though I used to wonder why I used to cry till I was dry Still sometimes I get a strange pain inside Oh, Joey, if you're hurting so am I
Concrete Blonde
There she goes There she goes again Racing through my brain And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she blows There she blows again Pulsing through my veins And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she goes (There she goes again)
The La’s
Talk to me, don't lie to me Save your breath Don't look at me, don't smile at me Just close your eyes I was so impressed by you I was running blind I would fall for every trick Every twist of mind Heaven is cold Without any soul It's hard to believe I was so in love with you
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
Once there was a day We were together all the way An endless path unbroken But now there is a time A torture less sublime Our souls are locked and frozen Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead Let me go (Let me go) All hopeless fantasies are making fools of me Let me go
Heaven 17
Well who would've guessed? Well I guess I should The second night was just as good By the end of the week we were living as one Gone two years now we're still together Day in and day out For however long It's the kind of love That could last forever Day in and day out For however long Each time we kiss you're the perfect stranger So me say Don't never you go Too far away from me girl Never you done that
General Public
If you need a friend Don't look to a stranger You know in the end I'll always be there And when you're in doubt And when you're in danger Take a look all around And I'll be there I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of the right words to say (I promise you) I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be (I promise you) But if you wait around a while I'll make you fall for me (I promise you) I promise, I promise you, I will
When in Rome
How how can it be that a love Carved out of caring fashioned by fate Could suffer so hard From the games played much too often But making mistakes is a part Of life's imperfections Born of the years Is it so wrong to be human after all (Oh drawn into the stream) (Of undefined illusion) (Those diamond dreams) (They can't disguise the truth) That there is something about you Baby so right I wouldn't be without you Baby tonight
Level 42
Funny how I find myself in love with you
If I could buy my reasoning, I’d pay to lose
One half won’t do
I’ve asked myself, how much do you
Commit yourself?
It’s my life, don’t you forget
It’s my life, it never ends (it never ends)
Talk Talk
Hey
Well, did I tell you before when I was up?
Anxiety was bringing me down
I’m tired of listening to you talking in rhymes
Twisting ‘round to make me think you’re straight down the line
All you do to me is talk, talk
Talk, talk, talk, talk
All you do to me is talk, talk
Talk, talk, talk, talk
All you do to me is talk, talk
Talk Talk
No No, no, no No, no, no Tesla girls, Tesla girls Testing out theories Electric chairs and dynamos Dressed to kill, they're killing me But heaven knows their recipe
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
The American
Bangkok, Oriental Setting
But the city don’t know what the city is getting
The crème de la crème of the chess world
In a show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies – doesn’t seem a minute
Since the Tyrolean spa had the chess boards in it
All changed, don’t you know that when you
Play at this level there’s no ordinary venue
It’s Iceland, or the Philippines, or Hastings
Or
Or this place!
Murray Head
Well, that was some performance you gave at the Albert’s Dam
Oh Sri Lanka, hilarious
And by the way you missed nothing after leaving
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
Spend my life in the shade of the morning sun
I feel so extraordinary
Something’s got a hold on me
I get this feeling I’m in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
New Order
… If I, I get to know your name Well, if 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, want some … I set my sights on you (And no one else will do) And I, I've got to have my way now, baby … All I know is that to me You look like you're havin' fun Open up your lovin' arms Watch out, here I come … You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round Like a record, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round
Dead or Alive
Baby, life's what you make it Can't escape it Baby, yesterday's favorite Don't you hate it Baby life's what you make it Don't back date it Baby, don't try to shade it Beauty is naked Baby, life's what you make it
Talk Talk
Never had a doubt in the beginning Never a doubt Trusted you true in the beginning I loved you right through Arm in arm we laughed like kids At all the silly things we did You made me promises, promises Knowing I'd believe Promises, promises You knew you'd never keep
Naked Eyes
Susie doesn't go out very much She likes to stay in bed at night It seems that everything is all too much But she just lays in bed at night The day's all right but then When the lights go out She calls your name When the lights go out Always the same Always someone left out in the rain Always the same
Naked Eyes
Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about the loveless fascination
Under the Milky Way tonight
Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation
Under the Milky Way tonight
Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find
The Church
Sweat my youth away
With the rules we have to play
Speeding through your magazine
Pistol, pavement, no T.V.
Talk and talk
No time, night time
Burnt inside
Here comes the daylight, here comes my job
Uptown in the penthouse or downtown with the mob
Here comes the night time, here comes my role
Goodbye to the pavement, hello to my soul
Heaven 17
