We Are The '80s

Bangles We Are The '80s Lyrics
1.Manic Monday

Six o'clock already
I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissin' Valentino
By a crystal blue Italian stream
But I can't be late
'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid
These are the days
When you wish your bed was already made
It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another manic Monday
Have to catch an early train
Have to be to work by nine
And if I had an air-o-plane
I still couldn't make it on time
'Cause it takes me so long
Just to figure out what I'm gonna wear
Blame it on the train
But the boss is already there
It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another manic Monday
All of the nights
Why did my lover have to pick
last night to get down
Doesn't it matter
That I have to feed both of us
Employment's down
He tells me in his bedroom voice
C'mon honey, let's go make some noise
Time it goes so fast
When you're having fun
It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
It's just another manic Monday


2.If She Knew What She Wants

(J. Shear)
Susanna

If she knew what she wants
(He'd be giving it to her)
If she knew what she needs
(He could give her that too)
If she knew what she wants
(But he can't see through her)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her
But she wants everything
(He can pretend to give her everything)
Or there's nothing she wants
(She don't want to sort it out)
He's crazy for this girl
(But she don't know what she's looking for)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her
I'd say her values are corrupted
But she's open to change
Then one day she's satisfied
And the next I'll find her crying
And it's nothing she can explain

If she knew what she wants
(He'd be giving it to her)
If she knew what she needs
(He could give her that too)
If she knew what she wants
(But he can't see through her)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her

Some have a style
That they work hard to refine
So they walk a crooked line
But she won't understand
Why anyone would have to try
To walk a line when they could fly

No sense thinking I could rehabilitate her
When she's fine, fine, fine
She's got so many ideas traveling around in her head
She doesn't need nothing from mine

If she knew what she wants
(He'd be giving it to her)
If she knew what she needs
(He could give her that too)
If she knew what she wants
(But he can't see through her)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her
But she wants everything
(He can pretend to give her everything)
Or there's nothing she wants
(She don't want to sort it out)
He's crazy for this girl
(But she don't know what she's looking for)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her
(He'd be giving it to her)

(He could give her that too)

(But he can't see through her)

Album:We Are the 80's


3.Walk Like an Egyptian

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino
All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette
Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian
All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac
If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
Spin the clubs cruise down the block
All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian
All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian


4.Walking Down Your Street

Oooh, oh I've had sleepless nights
Toss and turn, wake up burning
For what you inspire
So I'm gonna walk right down your street
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind, yeah
I'll even sacrifice my pride
'Cause I want you...

Oooh, oh how I wish you would be mine
My pulse is weak, I'm blushing brighter
Than a Valentine
'Cause I've been walking down your street
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind, yeah
I'll even sacrifice my pride
'Cause I can't stop
The way I feel
So I keep walking on
'Cause I want you...

The Bangles:-Walking Down Your Street

Walking down your street...

Album:We are the 80's
'Cause I can't stop the way I feel
I keep walking on

Walking down your street...
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind, yeah
I'll even sacrifice my pride
'Cause I've been walking down your street
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind, yeah
I'll even sacrifice my pride
Walking down your street...
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind, yeah
I'll even sacrifice my pride


5.Hazy Shade of Winter

Time, time, time,
See what's become of me

Time, time, time,
See what's become of me
While I looked around
for my possibilities.
I was so hard to please.
Look around,
Leaves are brown,
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Hear the Salvation Army band.
Down by the riverside's
Bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned.
Carry your cup in your hand.
And look around.
Leaves are brown.
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Hang on to your hopes, my friend.
That's an easy thing to say,
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
that you can build them again.
Look around,
The grass is high,
The fields are ripe,
It's the springtime of my life.
Seasons change with the scenery;
Weaving time in a tapestry.
Won't you stop and remember me

And look around.
Leaves are brown.
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Look around.
Leaves are brown.
There's a patch of snow on the ground.
Look around.
Leaves are brown.
There's a patch of snow on the ground.
Look around.
Leaves are brown.
There's a patch of snow on the ground.


6.In Your Room

Title:In Your Room
(S. Hoffs/B. Steinberg/T. Kelly)
Susanna

I love it in your room at night
You're the only one who gets through to me
In the warm glow of the candlelight
Oh, I wonder what you're gonna do to me
In your room
I come alive when I'm with you
I'll do anything you want me to
In your room

I love it in your room all day
When you're gone I like to try on all your clothes
You won't regret it if you let me stay
I'll teach you everything that a boy should know
In your room
I'm alive when I'm with you
Gonna make your dreams come true
In your room
I feel good in your room
Let's lock the world out
Feels so good when we kiss
Nobody ever made me crazy like this

Album:We are the 80's
Title:In Your Room

I love it in your room at night
You're the only one who gets through to me
In the warm glow of the candlelight
Oh, I wonder what you're gonna do to me
In your room
I'll do anything you want me to
I only want to be with you
In your room
In your room

I feel good in your room
Let's lock the world out
Feels so good when we kiss
Nobody ever made me crazy like this

Susanna


7.Eternal Flame

Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame
I believe it's meant to be, darling
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame
Say my name sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Say my name sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling


8.Be with You

Out my window
The rain starts to fall
And the wind blows
Through an empty hall
In the mirror
Reflections of you
In the distance I hear a sound
Is that you coming around
Oh, what you gonna do
I think I should be with you
Oh, what you gonna do
Oh I think I should be with you
Debbi
Thought I saw you
In a stranger's face
Or should I walk away
Should I call you
'Round the corner
Is around the world
Is that you looking at me
Or am I living a dream
Is that you coming around
A love that's overdue
I think I should be with you
A love that's overdue
Oh I think I should be with you
(D. Peterson/W. Igleheart)
And when I'm lost in a dream
You are all I can see
All alone in the night I'm waiting for you
Every moment I'd die
Just to look in your eyes
The dream is alive, I'm waiting
Oh my, how I try
To make you see that
I should be with you

Title:Be With You
In the distance I hear a sound
Is that you coming around
Oh, what you gonna do
I think I should be with you
A love that's overdue
Oh I think I should be with you


9.Hero Takes a Fall

(S. Hoffs/V. Peterson)
Susanna

The hero is exposed when
His crimes are brought to the light of day
Won't be feeling sorry, sorry, sorry
On the judgement day
Wasn't it me who said
There'll be a price to pay
And I won't feel bad at all
When the hero takes a fall
When the hero takes a fall
(Hero takes a fall) oh no

Your mother told you stories
You substitute with girls who tell you more
Suddenly you sight a fancy chance
Since love is at your door
We're seeing through you now
I saw it all before
And I won't feel bad at all
When the hero takes a fall
When the hero takes a fall
(Hero takes a fall) oh no

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

Emotion is a virtue
For you it is the one fatal flaw
Sitting on your throne and drinking
Thinking she'll return your call
Every story's got an ending
Look out, here it comes, here it comes
And I won't feel bad at all
When the hero takes a fall
When the hero takes a fall
(Hero takes a fall) oh no
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh


10.Going Down to Liverpool

(K. Rew)
Debbie

Hey now
Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand
I said, hey now
All through this green and pleasant land.
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
Hey there
Where you going with that UB40 in your hand
I said, hey there.
All through this green and pleasant land
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life

Album:We Are the 80's
Title:Going Down To Liverpool


(K. Rew)
Debbie

Hey now
Where you going with that UB40 in your hand
I said hey now
All through this green and pleasant land
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life


11.Complicated Girl

(M. Steele/D. White)
Michael
Valerie is beautiful
But she seems a little bit confused
The life you offer her she says
She cannot use
You live in another world
She thinks she won't fit in
And oh, what about her plans for him
She bends to his will
Hey, you better listen
'Cause I'm warning you
Love is never simple
With a complicated girl
You call her on the phone
She's got the other guy on hold
You see the scene unfold
You know it very well
Stay inside your room all day
When she doesn't call you pull the shades
Never seen you act this way
The girl has hit you hard
Hey, you better listen
'Cause I'm warning you
Love is never simple
With a complicated girl

Why bother making rules you know
She will not follow
Someday she'll find a way to remedy
This lovely mess she's made of you

Michael
Hey, you better listen
'Cause I'm warning you
Love is never simple
With a complicated girl

(M. Steele/D. White)


12.September Gurls 9

September girls
Do so much
And for so long
'Til we touched
I love you, boy
Never mind
I've been crying
All the time
December boys got it bad
December boys got it bad

(A. Chilton)
Michael

September girls
I don't know why
How can I deny
What's inside
Even though I
Keep away
They will love
All our days
December boys got it bad
December boys got it bad

When I get to bed
Late at night
That's the time he
Makes things right
Ooh when he makes
Love to me

September girls
Do so much
And for so long
'Til we touched
I love you, boy
Never mind
I've been crying
All the time
December boys got it bad
December boys got it bad


13.Live

(E. Rhodes)
Debbi

Know, you gotta know
Is that yourself or nothing at all
Oh, you think you live
Well how can you, when you're stuck in four walls
If you gotta go
You better live your life before you pass away
Don't waste a day
All your life you've been locked in you room
You've never had a chance to roam
Away from home
So, you come and go
Well good day, don't waste anytime
Oh, your life today
It's all familiar, soon you will find
If you gotta go
You better live your life before you pass away
Don't waste a day
All your life you've been locked in you room
You've never had a chance to roam
Away from home.
Live, live, live, live
Now, do what you want
Or where you want, it's all up to you
Oh, you like the room
It's nice to do what you wanna do
If you gotta go
You better live your life before you pass away
Don't waste a day
All your life you've been locked in you room
You've never had a chance to roam
Away from home
If you know by now
What life's about, go on now and live
And if you don't know how
It's not so hard, just let go and live
If you gotta go
You better live your life before you pass away
Don't waste a day
All your life you've been locked in you room
You've never had a chance to roam
Away from home
Live, live, live, live


14.Dover Beach

If I had the time
I would run away with you
To a perfect world
We'd suspend all that is duty or required

Late last night you cried
And I couldn't come to you
But on the other side
You and I, inseparable, went walking


If we could steal away
Like jugglers and thieves
But we could come and go
Oh, and talk of Michaelangelo, oh
If we had the time (we had the time)
We had the time
The day you looked at me
And it was on your mind
The world is no one's dream
We will never ever find the time, oh
If we had the time
I would run away with you
To a perfect world
To a perfect world