1985 Pop Songs by Artist and Lyric

Talking away / I don't know I'm to say / I'll say it anyway

A-ha

There's a girl that's been on my mind all the time

Phil Collins

There's a choice we're making / We're saving our own lives / It's true we'll make a better day / Just you and me

USA for Africa

Boys will be boys

Miami Sound Machine

Put me in, coach / I'm ready to play today

John Fogerty

He got the action / He got the motion / Yeah, the boy can play

Dire Straits

It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes, but it might just save your life

Huey Lewis and the News

Girl, I can't understand it / Why you wanna hurt me? / After all of the things I've done for you

Eddie Murphy

Like New Orleans! Detroit City! Dallas! Pittsburgh, PA! New York City! Kansas City! Atlanta! Chicago! And L.A.!

James Brown

These are the things I can do without / Come on, I'm talking to you

Tears for Fears

I can't come out to find you / I don't like to go outside / They can't turn off my feelings / Like they're turning off the light / But I, I don't mind

Phil Collins

Darkness on the edge / Shadows where I stand / I search for the time / On a watch with no hands

Heart

Here we are hanging on the strains of greed and blues / Break the chain and we break down / Oh it's not real if you don't feel it

Cyndi Lauper

In my life there's been heartache and pain / I don't know if I can face it again

Foreigner

I'm never gonna dance again / Guilty feet have got no rhythm

George Michael

I've wasted all my tears / Wasted all those years / Nothing had the chance to be good / Nothing ever could, yeah

Simply Red

But making mistakes is a part of life's imperfections / Born of the years, is it so wrong to be human after all?

Level 42

Of freedom and of pleasure / Nothing ever lasts forever

Tears for Fears

Too long ago / Too long apart / She couldn't wait another day for

Double

If I ever catch up with you / I'm gonna love you for the rest of your life

Mike and the Mechanics

No time is a good time for goodbyes

Starship