It turns out that tears are mostly ’80s thing.
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedIt’s five and I’m driving home again
It’s hard to believe that it’s my last time
The man on the wireless cries again
It’s over, it’s overDancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedIt’s late and I’m with my love alone
We drink to forget the coming storm
We love to the sound of our favourite song
Over and overDancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that diedIt’s time and we’re in each other’s arms
It’s time but I don’t think we really careDancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone byDancing with tears in my eyes
Writer(s): Christopher Thomas Allen / Midge Ure / Warren Reginald Cann / William Currie
Album: Lament
Released: 1984
Say oh yeah baby baby
Now if there’s a smile on my face
It’s only there tryin’ to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin’ you
Well, now honey that’s quite a different subjectSo don’t let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
‘Cause really I’m sad (so sad sad)
Oh I’m sadder than sad (so sad sad)
Look I’m hurt and I want you so bad (so sad sad)
Like a clown I appear to be gladOoh yeah
There’s some sad things known to man
But ain’t too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one aroundSay oh yeah baby baby baby
Oh yeah baby baby babyNow if I appear to be carefree
It’s only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don’t let my show convince you
That I’ve been happy since you decided to go
Oh I need you so
Look I’m hurt and I want you to know
Just for others I put on a showOoh yeah
There’s some sad things known to man
But ain’t too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one around
So just like Pagliacci did
I’m gonna keep my surface hid
Hiding in my room I try
But in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one aroundNow if there’s a smile on my face
Don’t let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don’t let this smile I wear
Make you feel that I don’t care
The tears of a clown (tears of a clown)
The tears of a clown (tears of a clown, tears of a clown)
I’m going down de town
I’m going downtown
Tears of a clownWriter(s): Henry Cosby / Smokey Robinson / Stevie Wonder
Album: Tears of a Clown
Released: 1979
Through all the ragged truth, you left one poignant lie
A nice series of words for goodbye
Who’s playing on your team, he has a certain flair
‘Cos I don’t see you around anywhereI cry when you’re not here, I keep cryin’ tangent tears, oh
Ooh yeah, cryin’ tangent tearsI’m stuck on interphase, my heart does not forget
Checking out at this point is no sweat
Chill factor number nine, you made my heart go blind
You act so cold but you still look so fineI cry when you’re not here, I keep cryin’ tangent tears, ooh
I cry when you’re not here – eveything I see reminds me
I’m cryin’ tangent tearsI cry when you’re not here, I keep cryin’ tangent tears – cry tanase-yeah
I’m cryin’ tangent tears – eveything I see reminds me
I’m cryin’ tangent tears
I cry when you’re not here, ooh, I keep cryin’ tangent tears – ohhh
I cry when you’re not here… (to fade)Writer(s): R. Page / S. George / J. Lang
Album: Welcome To The Real World
Released: 1985
In the mist
Of my endless search
The best in life
Becomes clearThe rest just begins
To fade by itself
That’s a trick I learned
Though it took so longBitter tears taste so sweet
I’m seeing my way
For the first time in years
When the love around
Begins to suffer
And you can’t find love
In one
In one another
Push away those bitter tears
Bitter tearsAnd I thought I was doing no wrong
And I thought I was doing no wrongIn the hour
Of your needs
Lips are trembling
Cause your gonna be free
Realize what were doing here
The time is right to kill your fearsBitter tears taste so sweet
I’m seeing my way
For the first time in years
When the love around
Begins to suffer
And you can’t find love
In one
In one another
Push away those bitter tears
Bitter tearsAn I though I was doing no wrong
Push away those bitter tears
That’s what they call doing no wrong
That’s what they call doing no wrongPush away those bitter tears
That’s what they call doing no wrong
Writer(s): Michael Hutchence / Andrew Farriss
Album: X
Released: 1990
Too many teardrops
For one heart to be crying
Too many teardrops
For one heart to carry on
You’re way on top now
Since you left me
You’re always laughing
Way down at me
But watch out now
I’m gonna get down
And we’ll be together
For just a little while
And then I’m gonna put you
Way down here
And you’ll start crying
Ninety-six tears
Cry
You’re gonna cryAnd when the sun comes up
I’ll be on top
You’ll be right down there looking up
I’m gonna get to you
But I know nowYou’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry ninety-six tearsYou’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry cry cry cry now
You’re gonna cry cry cry cry nowToo many teardrops
All night long
Too many teardrops
Cry cry cry cry now
You’re gonna cry cry cry cry now
Ninety-six tears
All night long now
You’re gonna cry cry cry cry now
Ninety-six tears
Cry cry cry now
Ninety-six tears
Cry cry cry now
Ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry ninety-six tears
You’re gonna cry cry cry cry nowWriter(s): R Martinez
Album: 10
Released: 1990
There’s a light in the window that tells me you’re home
Eyes in the rear-view mirror that I call my own
There’s a time I remember when I called you mine
Memories of your kisses much sweeter than wineMaybe I won’t be afraid to love somebody new
Maybe I can open up my heart
Then I won’t drown in my own tears
Drown in my own tearsThere’s a place where we used to meet every day
And a time when we used to love every way
All that’s left is the pieces of a broken heart
And a house full of emptiness since we’re apartMaybe I won’t be afraid to love somebody new
Maybe I can open up my heart
Then I won’t drown in my own tears
Drown in my own tearsThere’s a light in the window that tells me you’re home
Eyes in the rear-view mirror that I call my own
There’s a time I remember when I called you mine
Memories of your kisses much sweeter than wineMaybe I won’t be afraid to love somebody new
Maybe I can open up my heart
Then I won’t drown in my own tears
Drown in my own tearsWriter(s): Patrick Dinizio
Album: Green Thoughts
Released: 1988
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go byMy riches can’t buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go byIt is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin’ things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go byLa la la la lala la ah
La la la la lala la ahWriter(s): Mick Jagger / Keith Richards / Andrew Oldham
Album: Bubbling Up
Released: 1986
Everyone is busy with the regular routine
The sniper just takes his aim
Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed
Even if he hit you, you’d still think it’s just a graze
You go to a movie, you go to a show
You think that you’re loving, you don’t really knowBig tears mean nothing
You can count them as they fall
Big tears mean nothing
When you’re lying in your coffin
Tell me who’s been taken inOh you talk about the new boss automatic clause
But of course they make it all up for you
Always fascinated by the weird edge of town
Come home disappointed every time they put you down
Laughing with the old boys, saying that it’s all noiseI suppose, big tears mean nothing
You can count them as they fall
Big tears mean nothing
When you’re lying in your coffin
Tell me who’s been taken inAll the buttons of my overcoat
They have fallen off one by one
You wouldn’t even like me if you’d never had a drink
You wouldn’t even like me if you never stopped to think
Standing in the shadow, turning wives to widowsDon’t you know, big tears mean nothing
You can count them as they fall
Big tears mean nothing
When you’re lying in your coffin
Tell me who’s been taken in
Tell me, who’s been taken in
Tell me, who, me or yous been taken in
Tell me, tell me, tell meWriter(s): Elvis Costello
Album: This Year’s Model
Released: 1978
If you don’t want to see me fall
Turn your face to the wall
There’s no face left to hide
There’s no tears to cry
‘Cause my eyes have driedIf you can see my wall, dear, from afar
Can’t you see how distant we are?
There’s no way I can lie
There’s no tears to cry
‘Cause my eyes have driedTime before [Incomprehensible]
You stole the precious mind
Wrapped it up in sin
And sold it to the nightIf you don’t want to watch, watch me slide
Turn around here inside
Find a place we can hide
There’s no tears to cryThere’s no face left inside
There’s no tears to cry
‘Cause my eyes have dried
There’s no tears to cryWriter(s): Simon Dine / Paul Weller
Album: Wake Up the Nation
Released: 2010
Our love, girl, is going through changes
I don’t know if I’m alive, dead, dying, or just a little jaded
Someone throw me a line
You know I need it
I need it badLost in a maze of my own making
No way out that I can find, send home your hard-working jury
I’m going down this time
You better believe it
Yes you hadSo if you hear me crying, or talking in my sleep
Don’t be afraid, it’s just the hours that I keep
We gotta love to last for a million years
A love that could never fade through the tracks of your tearsAll I can do is hope that you will see me fall
Do your best to smash my picture on your wall
Forgive me baby, absolve me, my dear
I’ve seen the future in the tracks of your tearsI’ve seen the future in the tracks of your tears
Of your tears
All those tearsI cast a shorter shadow with every passing day
No time to think, I’m just fading away
Some kind of magic in all your hopes and fears
Shows me the future through the tracks of your tearsWriter(s): John Squire
Album: Second Coming
Released: 1994
