1) Taking time to make time,
Telling me that he's all mine
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
2) Without looking back without even a word,
If she said Goodbye, I never heard
The Waterboys - A Boy Called Johnny
3) Blue, blue, electric blue,
thats the colour of the room,
Where I will live
David Bowie - Sound And Vision
4) You give me just a taste so i want more,
Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw,
Now you've got me crawling, crawling on the floor
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
5) You made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
Someone good
Lou Reed - Perfect Day (as ruined by the BBC)
6) She sent him scented letters
And he received them with a strange delight
Kate Bush - Babooshka
7) When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
8) Long ago, and oh so far away,
I fell in love with you
Before the second show
The Carpenters - Superstar
9) Put up or shut up
Ya spell, ya read,
D.O.O.R.
Blondie - Just Go Away
10) If I was a painter,
But then again, no,
Or a man who sells potions,
In a travelling show
Elton John - Your Song (a contender for worst lyric ever?)
11) All good children read good books,
Now my conscience is clear
Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
12) Past the saturday morning cinema,
Lies crumbling to the ground,
And the piss stinking shopping centre
The The - Heartland
13) I don't believe in Elvis,
I don't believe in Zimmerman,
I don't believe in Beatles
John Lennon - God
14) I could wear the clothing
Of Mr Walter Mitty,
Meet my tailor, he's called Simon
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll
15) He said "Call the doctor,
I think I'm gonna crash"
Doctor said he's coming
But you've got to pay him cash.
The Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
16) I am mad, from Camden Town,
My hair is curly but I gel it down,
My clothes are black but my bread is brown,
I'm really into early Motown.
The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
17) Libraries gave us power.
The Manic Street Preachers - Design For Life
18) Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news
I lived in solitude, like Howard Hughes
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
19) Ah, no hesitation,
No tears and no hearts breaking, no remorse,
Ah, Congratulations
Steely Dan - Haitian Divorce
20) Here comes Johnny Yen again,
With his liquor and drugs,
And his sex machine.
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
21) I have no fear,
Cause London is drowning and I,
I live by the river.
The Clash - London Calling
22) Staying in the same place, just staying out the time,
Touching from a distance,
Further all the time,
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Joy Division - Transmission
23) It was 7.45, we were all in line,
2 greet the teacher, Miss Kathleen,
First was Kevin, then came Lucy,
Third in line was me.
All of us were ordinary except for Cynthia Rose,
She just stood at the back of the line,
A smile beneath her nose.
Prince - Starfish And Coffee
24) Two fat ladies window shopping,
Something for the mantelpiece,
In for the bingo, all the nines,
A panda for sweet little niece.
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels From the Shell
25) Outside another yellow moon,
Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes.
I climb through the window and down to the street,
Shining like a new dime.
Tom Waits - Downtown Train