Lay Your Hands On Me, Lyrics, Thompson Twins, 1985, SOML

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“Lay Your Hands On Me” by the Thompson Twins, in 1985, is the first of a series of songs in my “Songs of My Life” or “SOML” series. Because I did not want to damage the SEO of the blog posts, I reduced “Songs of My Life” to “SOML”.

What “Lay Your Hands On Me” reminds me of is the 1980s go-go period of Dallas, Texas, and the Dallas / Ft. Warth Metroplex. It was a time of new buildings, a giant “Snowbelt to Sunbelt” migration fueled by America’s decline in manufacturing production and the abject failure of the government to take real action to stop it. It was also a time of new nightclubs, and mini-skirts, Ronald Reagan and annoying conservative thought, Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers, and the rise of the athletic woman.

And in all of that, the British music invasion of the time came to define the time, with music that was light and airy and catchy. Nothing heavy. That was the music of The Thompson Twins.

It marked my last year in Arlington, Texas. I graduated, worked for The Dallas Planning Department as an intern, and then moved to Oakland and started my first year of graduate school in City Planning at UC Berkeley that fall.

I had fun my senior year at UTA, and although I’ve not been back since, I wonder, often, how my life would have been if I elected to do what my professor Mr. Alex Buel wanted me to do, which was study real estate at the grad school at Witchita State University in Kansas. He had ideas for me, but well, I had my own for myself.

This old life seemed much too long
With little point in going on
I couldn’t think of what to say
Words just vanished in the haze
I was feeling cold and tired
Yeah kinda sad and uninspired
But when it almost seemed too much
I see your face
And sense the grace
And feel the magic in your touch
(chorus)
OH LAY YOUR HANDS
LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
OH LAY YOUR HANDS
WOO-OO-OO-OO!
OH LAY YOUR HANDS
OH LAY HOUR HANDS ON ME
Back and forth across the sea
I have chased so many dreams
But I have never felt the grace
That I have felt in your embrace
Oh I was tired and I was cold
Yeah with a hunger in my soul
When it almost seemed too much
I see your face
And sense the grace
And feel the magic in your touch
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Now you made me feel so good
Yeah like I never ever thought I would
You know you make me feel so strong
And now our laughter just goes on and on
So c’mon lay your hands on me
Cause close to you is where I really wanna be
And if it ever gets too much
I see your face
And sense the grace
And feel the magic in our touch
(REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE)

Stay tuned.

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