Peter Godwin - Images Of Heaven (Razormaid Remix) (1982)
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Tuff Darts - (Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste (1977)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
I'd rather crawl through poison ivy, or grab high tension wires,
cut my legs off at the knees, or set my self on fire.
Than have to feel your charms closing in around me,
or feel your slimy kisses covering my body.

Your love is like a nuclear waste
Your body is a danger to the human race
They should stamp contaminated
right across your face
Your love is like a nuclear waste

I'd rather stick my tongue into a fan
Drink ex-lax slacks all day long
I'll have to chew on razor blades
or--------- to King Kong
But to have to be between the
sheets with you for any time

I'll have to feel your scaly
flesh moving onto mine

Your love is like a nuclear waste
Your body is a danger to the human race
It should stamp contaminated
right across your face
...

New Order - True Faith (1987)
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A song where the lyrics have been changed for radio ...

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...
The original lyrics included a verse that read "Now that we've grown up together/They're all taking drugs with me". Hague convinced Bernard Sumner to change the latter line to "They're afraid of what they see" because he was worried that otherwise it would not get played on the radio. When performing the song live, the band have usually used the original line.[8]

During a live performance in 1993 in Reading, Sumner replaced the first lines of the second verse with the lyrics "When I was a very small boy, Michael Jackson played with me. Now that we've grown up together, he's playing with my willy."[9] This was a topical reference to the allegations of sexual abuse against the singer. ...

At one point in my career, my manager sent a link to this song to everyone who reported to him, quoting the opening lines... "I feel so extraordinary, Something's got a hold on me."

I sent him a private email telling him the drug-oriented history of the song and the other versions of it.

I'll just say that his response was less than optimum for my career. ...

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Be Not Too Hard (1974)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
Be not too hard for life is short
And nothing is given to man
Be not too hard if he's sold or bought
For he must do the best he can

Be not too hard when he blindly dies
Fighting for things he does not own
Be not too hard when he tells lies
Or if his heart is sometimes stone

Be not too hard for soon he'll die
Often no wiser than he began
Be not too hard for life is short
And nothing is given to man
...

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Find the Cost of Freedom (Live)
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Colourfield - Castles In The Air (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
I really wanted her hair to touch her knees
I really wanted to share forgotten dreams
Go through the motions of loving from a far
And feel as if i'm reaching for the stars

But each drop of hopelessness amounts
To what could be a raging sea
It could be spring time, I'd meet her at the gates
If beauty ever comes to those who wait

Castles in the air
If only they were there
Just like a beatnik love affair
Those castles in the air

So let me look into the windows of your soul
Let me make the most of what i'll never know
We'll eat forbidden fruits and sing our favourite songs
And never tell each other we're wrong

Each drop of tenderness you give
Would be another reason why i'd want to live
Would be another chance to sit beneath the stars
And whisper to each other in the dark
...

Kate Smith - God Bless America (1943)
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Sugarcubes - Motorcycle Mama (1990)
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Animaniacs - Wakko's America (1994)
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(fun lyrics in the video)

Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - There'll Be Some Changes Made (1990)
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The two artists have fun with this one.

Gigolo Aunts - Everyone Can Fly (1999)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

...
Turn off your mind
And go back with me to a better time
Do you see the same moon I do
When I'm thinking of you

Well that's ok
We can try again another day
Do you feel the same breeze I feel
Lifting you up
Lifting me up
Lifting us up

'Cause everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
You just have to try

Turn off the lights
And don't be afraid of another night
Do the promises you couldn't keep
Make it hard for you to sleep

Well that's ok
Everybody makes the same mistakes
As the stars shine the night away
Let them lift you up
Let them lift you up
Let them lift you up

'Cause everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
You just have to try

Did you ever stop and think when you were twenty '
You'd be where you are today
Isn't it funny how things change
Some things never stay the same
What a shame...

Forget the grade
I can see you turning a greener shade
Do you feel the same faith I feel
Let it lift you up
Let it lift you up
Let it lift you up

'Cause everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
Everyone can fly
You just have to try
You just have to try
You just have to try
Everyone can fly
...

A song I've heard only on the local college station.

... Did you ever stop and think when you were twenty
You'd be where you are today ...

Those lyrics caught my attention at the time.

Guided By Voices - The Official Ironmen Rally Song (1996)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
One of the band's catchiest and best-known tunes, produced by the Pixies' Kim Deal. The song was originally intended for a concept album called The Power of Suck, though it was included on Under the Bushes Under the Stars after that probject was scrapped. It was released as a single in late February 1996, preceding the album by about a month.

[Verse 1]
Bitter fish in crude oil sea
You don't have to bother me
You just have to join in on this song
Crawling people on your knees
Don't take this so seriously
You just have to hum it all day long

[Chorus]
To dine alone
To build a private zone
Or trigger a synapse
And free us from our traps

[Verse 2]
You won't see me turn my back
With my head against my stack
Spitting teeth and breaking open skin
Official ironmen, you are free
Champions officially
But you won't catch me on an open chin

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
To dine alone
To build a private zone
Or trigger a synapse
And free us from our traps

[Verse 3]
Knock-out punches for the freaks
Happy little babies with red cheeks
You will rock them gently out of sync
Confirmations through the wire
Spitting gas into the fire
Am I also worthy of a drink?

[Chorus]
To dine alone
To build a private zone
Or trigger a synapse
And free us from our traps
...

George Clinton - If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It's Gonna Be You) (1996)
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Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes (1990)
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