1. The girls all look when I go by/It's what I wear that makes them sigh

• Herman’s Hermits
• Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones
• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
• Billy Joe Royal

2. I could never disguise all my little white lies

• Bobby Vee
• Dionne Warwick
• The Four Seasons
• Elvis Presley

3. But if I really say it, the radio won't play it

• Elvis Costello
• Joni Mitchell
• Peter, Paul and Mary
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4. In a flash of pure destruction, no one wins

• Ryan Adams
• Edwin Starr
• The Alarm
• Queen

5. While the lights are still dim / she's making time with him

• The Shirelles
• Naked Eyes
• Mary Wells
• Dan Hartman

6. And down the waterfall / wherever it may take me, / I know that life won't break me

• Creed
• Lifehouse
• Bon Jovi
• Robbie Williams

7. The clouds never expect it when it rains

• Stevie Nicks
• The Moody Blues
• Van Morrison
• U2

8. We reach out in disillusion/when one night isn't nearly enough

• Don Henley
• Survivor
• Night Range
• Level 42

9. Sentimental as a rose in the moonlight

• The Drifters
• Sonny Knight
• The Danleers
• Sam Cooke

10. Two spirits in the night/We can leave before the morning light

• John Lennon
• Boz Scaggs
• Bruce Springsteen
• Joe Cocker

11. A poet in his madness tries to find another line

• Jethro Tull
• Simon and Garfunkel
• Tom Waits
• Steve Winwood

12. Wrapped around the music is the sound of someone promising they'll never go

• Greg Kihn Band
• Jay & the Americans
• Three Dog Night
• Johnny Rivers

13. Deception right in front of me / A jealous fantasy

• Crowded House
• INXS
• Aldo Nova
• Honeymoon Suite

14. Not under the thumb of the cynical few

• New Radicals
• Howard Jones
• The Fixx
• Blues Traveler

15. But fate's been kind/The downs have been few

• B.J. Thomas
• The Four Tops
• Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Amy Grant

16. Real gone girl jumping back with the beat

• Huey Lewis & the News
• Billy Idol
• Chuck Berry
• Robert Plant

17. Ignore the hesitation that ties your hands

• Kansas
• Santana
• Richard Marx
• Howard Jones

18. Chrome red eyeballs reflect and roll

• The Sparks
• Adam Ant
• Blondie
• The Cars

19. Like a bird in flight on a hot sweet night

• Fleetwood Mac
• ABC
• Skylark
• Cutting Crew

20. A deep shade of blue is always there

• The Rolling Stones
• Icehouse
• The Walker Brothers
• Alphaville