1 I kissed her goodbye,
Said "All beauty must die"
Nick Cave And Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
2 Outside: I'm masquerading,
Inside: My hope is fading
Just a clown, since you put me down.
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears
3 Athletes reject it,
Gangsters thugs and smugglers
Are thoroughly respected
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
4 Live, baby, live,
Now that the day is over
INXS - New Sensation
5 She's married, or engaged or something,
So I'm told
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him
6 Get away, get a good job with more pay,
And you're OK.
Pink Floyd - Money
7 You scumbag, you maggot,
You cheap lousy faggot.
The Pogues and Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York
8 I wish I was special,
You're so f*cking special.
Radiohead - Creep
9 I hear you went up to Saratoga,
Where your horse naturally won.
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
10 Sup up your beer and collect your fags,
There's a row going on, down near Slough.
The Jam - Eton Rifles
11 New York City, imagine that.
What's it like to be a skate boarding punk rocker?
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
12 And you may find yourself,
Behind the wheel of a large automobile.
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
13 There's the story of an actor who had died whilst he was drinking,
It was no-one I had heard of.
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
14 I hear the sound of a gentle word,
On the wind that moves her perfume through the air.
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
15 The lights are on but you're not home,
Your mind is not your own.
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
16 I feel so lonely, lonely,
I feel so lonely I could die.
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
17 Looking out on the morning rain,
I used to feel so uninspired.
Aretha Franklin / Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
18 Even in a perfect world,
Where everyone is equal,
I would still own the film rights
Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book
19 In these days of changing ways,
So called liberated days.
Rod Stewart - The Killing Of Georgie
20 Everybody thinks we're wrong,
But who are they to judge us,
Just because our hair is long.
Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On
21 Peter Brown called to say,
"You can make it OK,
You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain"
The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko
22 I went down to the sacred store,
Where I heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn't play.
Don McLean - American Pie
23 You know that chick who used to dance a lot,
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got,
Man, when I say she was cool she was red hot.
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
24 You drink coffee, I take tea my dear,
I like my toast done on one side,
You can hear it in my accent when I talk.
Sting - Englishman In New York
25 I met an old lover on the street last night,
She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled.
And we talked about the old times,
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
26 I'm going where the sun keeps shining,
Through the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Nilsson - Everybody's Talking
27 When I was a little girl I had a rag doll,
The only doll I ever owned,
Now I love you, just the way I loved that rag doll.
Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
28 Wind was blowing time stood still,
Eagle flew out of the night
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
29 L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leaving the life he's come to know,
Gladys Knight and The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
30 I close my eye,
Only for a moment and the moment's gone,
All my dreams pass before my eye,
A curiosity
Kansas - Dust In The Wind