1980s | Hope In Exile

Born not to know – Tony! Toni! Toné! (1988) d1132

By Peter / February 26, 2020 / 1980s, Celebration, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Encouragement, Resistance, Slider

Money…have your ownFriends…just for funDrugs…don’t indulgeSex…with the right personWork…all your daysCrime…does not payLove…don’t applyLive…to live you must die

Understanding – Bob Seger (1984) d1128

By Peter / February 22, 2020 / 1980s, Encouragement, Gratitude, Slider

It seems like only yesterdayI didn’t have a clueI stood alone not knowing where to turnNow suddenly I look aroundAnd everything looks newI don’t know why, but I think I’m startin’ to learnThey call it understandingA willingness to grow

20/20 – George Benson (1985) d1126

By Peter / February 20, 2020 / 1980s, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Encouragement, Hope, Slider

If I knew back then what I know nowIf I understood the what, when, why and howNow it’s clear to meWhat I should have doneBut hindsight is 20/20 vision

We belong together – Rickie Lee Jones (1981) d1122

By Peter / February 16, 2020 / 1980s, Encouragement, Love, Slider

I said “Bird, we just gotta tell them”And they turn and ignore usAnd the only heroes we got leftAre written right before usAnd the only angel who sees us nowWatches through each other’s eyes

Please forgive us – 10,000 Maniacs (1989) d1089

By Peter / January 14, 2020 / 1980s, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Despair, Resistance, Slider

But the bullets were bought by us, it was dollars that paid them.

People have the power – Patti Smith (1988) d1088

By Peter / January 13, 2020 / 1980s, Action, Resistance, Slider

That the people have the powerTo redeem the work of foolsUpon the meek the graces showerIt’ s decreed the people rule

The people who grinned themselves to death – The Housemartins (1987) d1087

By Peter / January 12, 2020 / 1980s, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Resistance, Slider

The people who grinned themselves to deathSmiled so much they failed to take a breathAnd even when their kids were starvingThey all thought the queen was charming

Lives in the balance – Jackson Browne (1986) d1086

By Peter / January 11, 2020 / 1980s, Anger, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Resistance, Slider

I’ve been waiting for something to happenFor a week or a month or a yearWith the blood in the ink of the headlinesAnd the sound of the crowd in my earYou might ask what it takes to rememberWhen you know that you’ve seen it beforeWhere a government lies to a peopleAnd a country is drifting […]