Name the song the line is from Part II

I'll leave a few more lines and some hints:


If you say run, I'll run with you
And if you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall into my arms
And tremble like a flower


The song is in keeping with the recent theme on the thread. It’s from 1983, and was a #1 hit in both the US and UK.

As much as anyone, this English artist established the “glam rock” and “character-playing pop” genres. Frequently described as a chameleon, he has reinvented his persona several times over the years, often with the clear intent to shock. His behavior has been described as both innovative and bizarre.

Good one!
David Bowie - Let's Dance


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I asked your mother for 15 cents

NEXT LINE ADDED

See the elephant jump the fence

OPENING LINE

Baby's back - dressed in black



Clue - this early '60's Billboard hit has been covered many times - The Stones included it on an early album track



Tonyrob

Yes I'll post a trip report Cyn (FYI $750 ahead).

Check out the latest clues (above)
If nobody gets it I'll post the title later

Tonyrob

I thought this was an easy one - just goes to show - never think that

OK - Last shot to save this one -these are the lyrics from the original hit (without the refrain)

Baby's back, dressd in black,
silver buttons all down her back.
High, low, tipsy toe,
she broke a needle and she can't sew.

Asked the fellow for fifteen cents,
see the fellow he jumped the fence.
Jumped so high he touched the sky,
never got back till the fourth of July.

Other versions include the lines -

Asked your mother for 15 cents
to see a pink elephant jump over the fence

and -

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
How does your garden grow


Tonyrob

Time to put that one to bed. It was "Walking The Dog"
Here is some info on it -

"Walking the Dog" (or "Walkin' the Dog") is a Rufus Thomas song. It was released on his 1963 album Walking the Dog. It was his signature hit and also his biggest, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1963 and remaining on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks.[1] The lyrics make frequent references to children's nursery rhymes.

The song was covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964. Unlike most Stones' recordings, the songs features backing vocals by Brian Jones (most early Stones songs feature either Keith Richards or Bill Wyman on backing vocals) making their recording of the song unique among their catalogue.

Many other artists have covered the song, including The Flamin' Groovies, The Sonics, Aerosmith, Roger Daltrey, Green Day, The Trashmen, Luv'd Ones, Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass and Ratt.

There are three widely-known 1985 performances of this song by the Grateful Dead: April 8, November 11 and November 21, with the last performance generally regarded as the superior of the three.

Here is the Stones version -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lnkm9ReVyo


Floor is open - anyone got an oldie but goodie?

Tonyrob

Didn't expect to be away all day. It just turned out that way.

Tony, I'm not sure why I don't remember Walking The Dog better than I do. My fault. Can't complain about a song that did that well on the charts. I assume Walking The dog was a dance move?

Anyway, I'm about danced out for now, so I'm gonna just post some plain old lyrics. I know we've done this one before, but I think it's been a while. It was #1 US, #3 UK:

Then there was no sound at all
But the clock upon the wall

More lines:


Then there was no sound at all
But the clock upon the wall
Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside
And he kissed my mama's face
And he brushed her tears away


An English band wrote and recorded this song about fictional events that supposedly occurred "in the heat of a summer night" in Prohibition-era Chicago when a man named Capone "called his gang to war with the forces of the law."

Jim, is that "The Night Chicago Died?" I can't recall who sang it.

Yep. That's The Night Chicago Died, by Paper Lace.

You're up!