I've seen a few of these online in different places, and ever since I saw the first one, I wanted to do one of my own. So here it is. I spent about a million hours putting it together over the course of a few days last month -- time well spent, no?
Here are some of the others you can find online:
http://www.zyworld.com/andywhelan/
http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~pmarin/80s.html
I'm sure it's probably self-explanatory, but just in case it's not, the idea is to guess which 80s song each lyric comes from.
1. We stick together ‘cause we’re strong
2. I don’t understand the wicked things we do
3. Don’t leave your destiny to chance
4. You say that you love me, and that you always will
5. She got a turned-up nose
6. Baby’s gone, all alone
7. You’d better forget it, you’ll never get it
8. Kind hearts don’t grab any glory
9. Words are so cheap, but they can turn out expensive
10. I couldn’t really put it much plainer
11. Come on and touch that place in me that’s calling out your name
12.‘Cause if you’re hungry, take a bite of me
13. Most peculiar, Mama
14. You know you make me feel so strong
15. Called me names and you called your dad
16. But loving you’s the harder part
17. I’m gonna try with all my might to make the storyline come true
18. Frame me and hang me on the wall
19. The sun is bursting right out of the sky
20. Candles, they light the dark
21. Choose my color, find a star
22. As long as we abuse it we are never going to lose it
23. You wanna martyr me too
24. Who’s got the touch to calm the storm inside
25. Add me to the broken hearts you’ve collected
28. He could pretend to give her everything
29. You were the one that they said was so weird
30. But I know which way I’d run to if the choice was mine
31. Lose yourself in wild romance
32. Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
33. Every minute of every hour
34. I’ve always worked for my living
35. I go crazy wondering what there is to really see
36. You know you satisfy everything in me
37. But it just might save your life
38. Hi guys, by the way
39. The voice of reason is one I left so far behind
40. And in her eyes, two sapphires blue
41. We remain tender together
42. It’s just a step up to paradise
43. One to one, man to man
44. You’re obliged to conform when there’s no other course
45. Carry your cup in your hand
46. It was smellin’ like a locker room
47. Always wanting more, he’d leave you longing for
48. Well don’t wait any longer
49. A leader speaks, that leader dies
50. Raise a glass, enjoy the scenery
51. You, me, and all that stuff we’re so scared of
52. Remember when the words were so new
53. I’m a man with a mission in two or three editions
54. I like to tease them
55. I’ve got a real nice place to go
56. What is this madness that makes my motor run?
57. It’s make-believe until it’s only a matter of time
58. I love your precious heart
59. It's a game of give and take
60. Step into a life of maybe
61. We’re just following ancient history
62. Just a little uncertainty can bring you down
63. It isn’t safe to walk the city streets alone
64. When you hear temptation call
65. ‘Cause what would they say if they ever knew
66. That’s where you belong, in my arms, baby, yeah
67. Here today, built to last
68. I know what it means to work hard on machines
69. Take a ride in a big yellow taxi
70. How can our love grow?
71. I can’t believe you do what you do
72. Some guys do nothing but complain
73. We’re gonna live forever
74. ‘Cause we seem to understand the urgency
75. Was it a boy when you wanted a girl?
76. In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
77. You can shoot me straight to the top
78. Turned you into someone new
79. You’ll say anything to avoid a fight
80. Don’t you wonder what we’ll find?
81. My head is full of magic, baby
82. Have we become a habit?
83. Without a noise, without my pride
84. She wants to multiply
85. And it’s hard to keep a good man down
86. Always the same theme
87. But no other man’s gonna do
88. I believe there’s so much to believe in
89. It’s too hot to handle so I got to get up and go
90. Pushing the day into the night time
91. No one can blame you for running to him
92. And you leave me, making me blue
93. Instead you laid still in the grass, all coiled up and hissing
94. But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
95. And now they’re after me
96. I’m caught up in the magic I see in you
96. You look like you’re lots of fun
97. It felt like the world would freeze
98. Then one day she came back
99. No stars are out tonight, but we’re shining our own light
100. I never thought I’d realize what love was, what love was, what love was
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