I’m coming out – Diana Ross (1980) d520
There’s a new me coming out And I just had to live And I wanna give I’m completely positive I think this time around I am gonna do it Like you never knew it Oh, I’ll make it through The time has come for me To break out of this shell I have to shout […]
Your dad did – John Hiatt (1987) d514
You’re a chip off the old block Why does it come as such a shock That every road up which you rock Your dad already did?
We belong – Pat Benatar (1984) d497
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder
Hold on hold out – Jackson Browne (1980) d481
Hold a place for the human race Keep it open wide Give it time to fall or climb But let the time decide
New kind of neighborhood – Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers (1987) d477
For the #ATL gathering of @nniphq Well, your friends they came from out of town It was a new kind of neighborhood And the neighbors stared but they didn’t frown New kind of neighborhood Oh-oh-oh, new kind of neighborhood
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves – Eurythmics f. Aretha Franklin (1985) d464
Now this is a song to celebrate The conscious liberation of the female state!
Footloose – Kenny Loggins (1984) d463
You’re playing so cool, obeying every rule Deep way down in your heart You’re burning, yearning for the some-somebody to tell you That life ain’t passing you by I’m trying to tell you It will if you don’t even try
Runaway train – Rosanne Cash (1987) d451
I’m worried about you, I’m worried about me We’re lighting the fuses and counting to three And what are the choices for those who remain The sign of the cross on a runaway train This thing has turned into a runaway train
The trouble with normal – Bruce Cockburn (1983) d442
Strikes across the frontier and strikes for higher wage Planet lurches to the right as ideologies engage Suddenly it’s repression, moratorium on rights What did they think the politics of panic would invite? Person in the street shrugs — “Security comes first” But the trouble with normal is it always gets worse Callous men in […]
Stand and fight – James Taylor (1981) d438
Don’t you worry about me, little darling, no, I ain’t breaking, I’m shaking and aching. Cause I can’t stand waiting. There comes a time to stand and fight.
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