The Reflex by Duran Duran: Singer Simon Le Bon specialised in gibberish but usually there was a mood, an idea, a hot girl in the video. The lyrics to this exist purely because songs need words, but still everyone over 40 knows "the reflex is a lonely child who's waiting
Sideswipe: February 11: Non-sensical 80s lyrics
"Mum, I want a chicken back ..."
"A what?"
"A chicken back, please"
"huh?"
(Think about it – answer at the bottom)
You probably need more friends
Jennifer Senior writes about the importance of friendship as you grow older. "When you're in middle age, which I am (mid-middle age, to be precise — I'm now 52), you start to realise how very much you need your friends. They're the flora and fauna in a life that hasn't had much diversity because you've been so busy — so relentlessly, stupidly busy — with middle-age things: kids, house, spouse, or some modern-day version of Zorba's full catastrophe. Then one day you look up and discover that the ambition monkey has fallen off your back; the children into whom you've pumped thousands of kilowatt-hours are no longer partial to your company; your partner may or may not still be by your side. And what, then, remains?" Read more here.
(Answer – toddler wanted a piggyback)