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Please help ID mid-80s girl group song

 
 
eegah
 
Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 09:51 pm

I'm trying to identify a song by a girl group of the mid-80s. Trouble is I don't know the title and I'm unsure of the group! I do remember large parts of the lyrics, though.

I *thought* the group was The Motels, but I can't find any Motels sites with song lyrics.

The song is sung by a woman whose marriage has broken up. She is thanking everybody for their concern, but apologizes because she is doing just fine.

Pieces of lyrics include: "time passed as the perfect couple..." "I'm sorry if it wasn't awful. It wasn't the end of the world." She talks about having learned how to do her own electrical repairs and that she did puzzles, having bought a dictionary "and looked up all the hard words." The song ends with her answering repeated phone calls--"sorry, I'm fine."

This song popped back into my mind recently. Back in the 80s it got me through a breakup of my own and I'd be interested to know what the hell it was.

Thanks!! Rolling Eyes
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littlek
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 09:54 pm
Sorry, can't help ya.
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marycat
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 09:56 pm
It's in the back of my head somewhere and I am bookmarking this thread so I can come back when I think of it.

*think*
*think*
*think*
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mac11
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 10:55 pm
Welcome to a2k, eegah.

The Waitresses

NO GUILT
Needed new posters, so I bought them
I know the cost of stamps now
The thirty-first is when I pay the phone bill
I told them I didn't even know anybody in Toronto

Everyday at seven I've been watching Walter
I've been reading more and looking up the hard words
I met people who can get me on the guest list
My parents said that they would help me
pay for grad school

You know I had never washed a sweater
I never knew when my hair was too long
I got the cab calls out of my hi-fi
I learned alot since you've been gone
I've done alot since you've been gone

Not bitter - beat a vicious cycle
Typecast as the model couple
I'm sorry but I don't feel awful
It wasn't the end of the world
I'm sorry I can't be helpless
It wasn't the end of the world

I know someone who really met Belushi
I fixed the toilet so it doesn't always run
I moved a chair over by the window
I feel better if my laundry's done

Getting by on less sleep than I used to
I had no trouble in setting up a desk
I learned the reason for a three-pronged outlet
I got 100 on my driver's test

I got a trick to get them to deliver
I called the landlord when the water turned brown
Did you know I own some valuable records?
I've done alot since you've been gone
I've learned alot since you've been gone
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marycat
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 10:57 pm
Thanks, mac!
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mac11
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 11:01 pm
Any time! (I love research...)

I looked at several listings of the lyrics and none had the phone calls and "sorry, I'm fine" listed. Was that sort of a voice-over? I don't remember this song at all.
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eegah
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 11:05 pm
The Waitresses! No Guilt! You got it!

Thank you thank you thank you... Very Happy
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mac11
 
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Reply Wed 5 Nov, 2003 11:07 pm
You're welcome. Very Happy
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