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[bylertapes]

you’ve got a friend (carole king) 1971

when you're down and troubled and you need some lovin' care and nothin', nothin' is goin' right

close your eyes and think of me

and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest night

if the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds and that old north wind begins to blow

keep your head together and call my name out loud soon you'll hear me knockin' at your door

now, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when people can be so cold? they'll hurt you, yes, and desert you

and take your soul if you let them oh, but don't you let them

you just call out my name and you know, wherever I am I'll come runnin' to see you again

winter, spring, summer or fall all you have to do is call and I'll be there, I will you've got a friend

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has anyone ever written anything for you (stevie nicks) 1985

has anyone ever given anything to you? in your darkest hour did you ever give it back?

well, I have I have given that to you, if it's all I ever do this is your song

and the rain comes down there's no pain and there's no doubt it was easy to say, I believed in you everyday if not for me, then do it for the world

has anyone ever written anything for you?

and in your darkest sorrow did you ever hear me sing?

listen to me now you know I'd rather be alone than be without you don't you know?

so if not for me, then do it for yourself

if not for me, then do it for the world

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thirteen (big star) 1972

won't you let me walk you home from school? won't you let me meet you at the pool?

maybe friday I can get tickets for the dance and I'll take you

won't you tell your dad ,,get off my back”? tell him what we said ’bout ’paint it, black’

rock and roll is here to stay come inside, where it's okay and I'll shake you

won't you tell me what you're thinking of? would you be an outlaw for my love?

if it's so, well let me know, if it's no, well I can go I won't make you

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good old-fashioned lover boy (queen) 1976

I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things we can do the tango just for two I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings

(...) and tell me how do you feel, right after all I'd like for you and I to go romancing say the word, your wish is my command

(...) when I'm not with you, think of you always

I miss you (I miss those long hot summer nights) when I'm not with you, think of me always (love you, love you)

hey, boy, where do you get it from? hey, boy, where did you go? I learned my passion in the good old-fashioned school of lover boys

oh, love (there he goes again) oh, lover boy (he's my good old-fashioned lover boy)

what're you doing tonight? hey, boy everything's all right, just hold on that's because I'm a good old-fashioned lover boy

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call me (go west) 1985 (suggested by @wisethewilly 💖)

face to face, my reflection in your eyes I was scared to say too much perfect strangers in perfect worlds apart

almost close enough to touch staring at my shoes, feeling so confused shot down without a gun, victim of a hit-and-run

mesmerised, I go back to where we met a reconstruction of the crime

I can't track you down nowhere to be found now my one shot at success is the power of the press

won't you call me, call me? no time to hesitate, oh, we must communicate won't you call this number now? I'll be waiting here for you

I don't know what else to do

watch this space there's a message here for you no need to read between the lines I am inside out, there can be no doubt I want you and no one else

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why can’t this be love (van halen) 1986

whoa, here it comes that funny feeling again winding me up inside every time we touch

hey, I don't know tell me where to begin 'cause I never, ever, felt so much

it's got what it takes so, tell me why can't this be love?

straight from my heart oh, tell me why can't this be love?

I tell myself: hey, only fools rush in only time will tell if we stand the test of time

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I'm not in love (10cc) 1975

I'm not in love, so don't forget it it's just a silly phase I’m going through and just because I call you up don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made

I like to see you, but then again that doesn't mean you mean that much to me so if I call you, don't make a fuss don't tell your friends about the two of us

I keep your picture upon the wall it hides a nasty stain that's lying there

so don't you ask me to give it back I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me

you'll wait a long time for me you'll wait a long time I'm not in love

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love is a battlefield (pat benatar) 1983

you're making me go, then making me stay why do you hurt me so bad? it would help me to know do I stand in your way or am I the best thing you've had?

believe me, I can't tell you why but I'm trapped by your love and I'm chained to your side

we are young, heartache to heartache we are strong, no one can tell us we're wrong

searching our hearts for so long we stand, no promises, no demands

both of us knowing love is a battlefield

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can't fight this feeling (reo speedwagon) 1984

I can't fight this feeling any longer and yet I'm still afraid to let it flow what started out as friendship, has grown stronger  I only wish I had the strength to let it show 

I tell myself that I can't hold out forever  I said there is no reason for my fear 

cause I feel so secure when we're together  you give my life direction, you make everything so clear

(...) and I can't fight this feeling anymore  I've forgotten what I started fighting for  it's time to bring this ship into the shore and throw away the oars, forever

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as the world falls down (david bowie) 1986

there's such a sad love deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel

opened and closed within your eyes I'll place the sky within your eyes

there's such a fooled heart beating so fast in search of new dreams a love that will last within your heart I’ll place the moon within your heart

as the pain sweeps through makes no sense for you every thrill is gone wasn't too much fun at all

but I’ll be there for you as the world falls down

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love will find a way (yes) 1987

you wanna get close to me, the feeling so clear but I need some time to see, vision through my tears you wanna get next to me, I need your intrusion I don't need to be blinded by confusion

so you want to get over me, and that's how you feel everything you want to be seems so unreal

I want to be all of you, and that's the confusion it's so hard for me to draw a conclusion

I believe that there's a way (if you want it to) love will find a way, if you want it to love will find a way, love will find a way

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only you (yazoo) 1982

looking from a window above, it's like a story of love can you hear me

came back only yesterday I'm moving further away want you near me

sometimes when I think of her name when it's only a game and I need you

listen to the words that you say it's getting harder to stay when I see you

this is going to take a long time and I wonder what's mine can't take no more wonder if you'll understand it's just the touch of your hand behind a closed door

all I needed was the love you gave all I needed for another day

and all I ever knew only you

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inbeetween days (the cure) 1985

yesterday I got so old, i felt like I could die yesterday I got so old, it made me want to cry

go on, go on, just walk away go on, go on, your choice is made go on, go on, and disappear go on, go on away from here

and I know I was wrong when I said it was true that it couldn't be me and be her in between without you without you

yesterday I got so scared I shivered like a child

yesterday, away from you it froze me deep inside

come back, come back, don't walk away come back, come back, come back today come back, come back, why can't you see? come back, come back, come back to me

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never tear us apart (inxs) 1987

don't ask me what you know is true don't have to tell you I love your precious heart

(...) we could live for a thousand years but if I hurt you I'd make wine from your tears I told you that we could fly 'cause we all have wings but some of us don't know why

I... I was standing you were there two worlds collided

and they could never, ever tear us apart

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I’ve been losing you (a-ha) 1986

it wasn't the rain that washed away rinsed out the colors of your eyes putting the gun down on the bedside table, I must have realised

it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it wasn't me yet I did it all so coldly, almost slowly, plain for all to see

I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's like a snake

now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could break

it wasn't the rain that made no difference nervously drumming on, run away but I want the guilt to get me, thoughts to wreck me preying on my mind

so, please now, talk to me tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now? is there nothing I can do? I have lost my way, I've been losing you

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that's all (genesis) 1983

turning me on, turning me off making me feel like I want too much (...) running around, staying out all night taking it all instead of taking one bite living with you's just a-putting me through it all of the time

so, why does it always seem to be me looking at you, you looking at me it's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

but I love you, more than I wanted to there's no point in trying to pretend there's been no one who makes me feel like you do say we'll be together 'till the end

but just as I thought it was going alright I found out I'm wrong when I thought I was right it's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

well, I could say day, and you'd say night tell me it's black when I know that it's white it's always the same

it's just a shame, that's all that’s all

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seven wonders (fleetwood mac) 1987

it's hard to find someone with that kind of intensity you touched my hand, I played it cool and you reached out your hand to me

so long ago it's a certain time, it's a certain place you touched my hand and you smiled all the way back you held out your hand

if I hope and if I pray ooh it might work out someday

but if our paths never cross well, no, I'm not sorry, but

if I live to see the seven wonders I'll make a path to the rainbow's end I'll never live to match the beauty again the rainbow's edge