so originally, before I had even thought of doing pictures, my brain just kept filling in a story for 1989. below are the lyrics that were filling in the gaps. bold for NY-girl, italics for the newcomer.
Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow
Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
Everybody here wanted something more
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you.
It’s a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat.
The lights are so bright, but they never blind me
You can want who you want:
Boys and boys and girls and girls
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Baby I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby we’re the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Please take my hand and
Please take me dancing and
Please leave me stranded,
It’s so romantic.
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Daring, we found wonderland
You and I got lost in it
So we went on our way
Too in love to think straight
Didn’t you flash your green eyes at me
Didn’t you calm my fears with a cheshire cat smile
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You stand with your hand on my waist line
It’s a scene and we’re out here in plain sight
I can hear them whisper as we pass by
It’s a bad sign
Something happens when everybody finds out
See the vultures circling dark clouds
Love’s a fragile little flame, it could burn out
Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes
And guns
They are the hunters, we are the foxes
And we run
Baby, I know places we won’t be found
And they’ll be chasing their tails tryin’ to track us down
Cause I, I know places we can hide
I know places
Lights flash and we’ll run for the fences
Let them say what they want, we won’t hear it
Loose lips sink ships all the damn time
Not this time
Just grab my hand and don’t ever drop it
My love
They take their shots, but we’re bulletproof
And you know for me, it’s always you
In the dead of night, your eyes so green
And I know for you, it’s always me
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(S)he said, “Let’s get out of this town,
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds.”
I thought heaven can’t help me now.
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down
I can see the end as it begins
My one condition is
Say you’ll remember me standing in a nice dress,
Staring at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you’ll see me again
Even if it’s just in your wildest dreams
And when we’ve had our very last kiss
My last request is
You’ll see me in hindsight
Tangled up with you all night
Burning it down
Someday when you leave me
I bet these memories
Follow you around
Say you’ll see me again
Even if it’s just pretend
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Didn’t it all seem new and exciting?
I felt your arms twisting ‘round me
I should have slept with one eye open at night.
We pretended it could last forever
But there were strangers watching
And whispers turned to talking
And talking turned to screams.
I reached for you but you were gone
I knew I had to go back home
–
You’re thinking that I hate you now
‘Cause you still don’t know what I never said
I wish you would come back,
Wish I never hung up the phone like I did.
And I wish you knew that I’ll never forget you as long as I live.
And I wish you were right here, right now
It’s 2 AM in my room.
Headlights pass the window pane, I think of you.
We’re a crooked love in a straight line down.
Makes you wanna run and hide
I wish we could go back
And remember what we were fighting for.
And I wish you knew that I miss you too much to be mad anymore
And I wish you were right here, right now
–
Stand there like a ghost shaking from the rain
She’ll open up the door and say “Are you insane?’
Say it’s been a long 6 months
And you were too afraid to tell her what you want.
And then you say:
I want you for worse or for better,
I would wait forever and ever,
Broke your heart, I’ll put it back together.
I would wait forever and ever.
Remind her how it used to be
With pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks
Tell her how you must have lost your mind
And you left her all alone, and never told her why
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Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in
And I could go on and on, on and on, and I will
Skies grew darker, currents swept you out again
And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone
In silent screams,
in wildest dreams
I never dreamed of this
This love is alive back from the dead
Been losing grip,
oh, sinking ships
You showed up just in time
Your kiss, my cheek, I watched you leave
Your smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees
This love came back to me
Sylvia Morris 