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Number two in the file is Rick Springfield’s songs Don’t Talk To Strangers and Tonight. This 45 is from 1982.
First off is Don’t Talk To Strangers. It reminds me of an 80s tv theme song! I get the feeling that he doesn’t want her to talk to strangers. What do you think? 🙂
I got these lyrics off Google.
When you were just a young girl and still in school/How come you never learned the golden rule/Don’t talk to strange men, don’t be a fool/I’m hearing stories, I don’t think that’s cool/Why don’t you tell me, someone is loving you/’Cause you’re my girl, some say it’s no longer true/You’re seeing some slick continental dude/I’m begging you, please/Don’t talk to strangers, baby don’t you talk/Don’t talk to strangers, you know he’ll only use you up/Don’t talk, don’t talk, don’t talk,/Don’t talk, don’t talk to him/Nobody, talk, nobody, ever told you, don’t talk/Now tell me, how’s life in the big city/I hear the competition’s tough, baby that’s a pity/And every man’s an actor, every girl is pretty/I don’t like what’s getting back to me/Now who’s this, don juan I’ve been hearing of/Love hurts when only one’s in love/Did you fall at first sight or did you need a shove/I’m begging you, please/Don’t talk to strangers, baby don’t you talk/Don’t talk to strangers, you know he’ll only use you up/Don’t talk, don’t talk, don’t talk,/Don’t talk, don’t talk to him/Nobody, talk, nobody ever told you, don’t talk/Fais l’amour avec moi/What’s he saying baby/Viens dormir, mon amour (come to sleep my love)/I asked you not to talk to him/Je t’aime donne moi ton coeur ce soir (I like you to give me your heart this night)/I’m begging you/Don’t talk to strangers, baby don’t you talk/Don’t talk to strangers, you know he’ll only use you up/Don’t talk, don’t talk, don’t talk/Don’t talk, don’t talk to him/Nobody, talk, nobody ever told you, don’t talk/Don’t talk to strangers, baby don’t you talk/Don’t talk to strangers, you know he’ll only use you up/Don’t talk to strangers, baby don’t you,
Baby don’t you talk/Don’t talk to strangers
On the flip side is Tonight. It’s about remembering the important things and not getting caught up on the outside.
Patty’s working, but she’s watching the clock/She’s in the back room counting stock/And down in a warehouse out by the dock/Jesse’s lifting crates and breaking rock/But when the whistle blows to end the daily fight/And the working forces turn out the light/Jesse takes that little girl and he holds her tight/As the day fades away he says/We’re all that matters tonight/Tonight’s the night, I know I’m right/And heart to heart, we’ll make it tonight/So hold me tight, and love me right/The world can wait for tomorrow tonight/Patty comes like an angel and takes his hand/Jesse says, baby, I’ve got a plan/He says, I wanna get married and make a stand/But there’s just one thing you gotta understand/Now the pressure of living and the daily fight/Could hurt us in time if our perspective ain’t right/So shut the door and put out the light/And baby, be here, because we’re all that matters tonight/Tonight’s the night, I know I’m right/And heart to heart, we’ll make it tonight/So hold me tight, and love me right/The world can wait for tomorrow tonight/Break your back from nine to five/Sweating blood just to stay alive/Running home to the harbor light/Safe and warm, in love so right, tonight/Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight/Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight/Tonight’s the night, I know I’m right/And heart to heart, we’ll make it tonight/So hold me tight, and love me right/The world can wait for tomorrow tonight/Tonight’s the night, I know I’m right/And heart to heart, we’ll make it t tonight/So hold me tight, and love me right/The world can wait for tomorrow tonight/Tonight’s the night, I know I’m right/And heart to heart, we’ll make it tonight
I like both of these songs, but once again I like the B side the most! I’m starting to learn that about myself…. I usually tend to enjoy the B sides more. It just happens that way!
How do you feel about Rick Springfield? Which song do you like best?
Great songs! Yes, the first would make a good TV theme. They were still making 45’s in ’82??
Sure!! They made 45s as long as records were mainstream. I also have a couple cds from the early to mid 90s that are singles. Imagine – a whole cd with just two songs on it!
Yes, I remember seeing a couple of those—odd. They never took off, for some reason. I guess the compact disc was already so compact…