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Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Live Aid 1985)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey
Songwriter
Steve Schiff
Steve Schiff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bruce Lampcov
Bruce Lampcov
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancin', you know it, baby
Tell me your troubles and doubts
Givin' me everythin' inside and out
[Verse 2]
Love's strange, surreal in the dark
Think of the tender things that we were workin' on
Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby
[Verse 3]
Don't you forget about me
I, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me
[Verse 4]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, whoa, ooh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh
[Verse 5]
Don't you try and pretend
It's my feelin' we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity, insecurity
[Verse 6]
Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone, I'll be dancin', you know it, baby
Goin' to take us apart
I'll put us back together at heart, baby
[Verse 7]
Don't you forget about me
I, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me
[Verse 8]
Will you stand above me?
Look my way, but never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down
[Verse 9]
Will you recognize me?
Call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps fallin'
Down, down, down
[Verse 10]
And oh, hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, whoa, ooh, whoa, oh, oh, yeah
[Verse 11]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooh, whoa, ooh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
[Verse 12]
Don't you forget about me
I, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't you forget about me
[Verse 13]
As you walk on by
Come on and, come on and call my name
When you walk on by
Come on and call my name
When you walk away
[Verse 14]
I'll be there
When you call my name
Mm, I'll be there
When you call my name
[Verse 15]
When you walk on by
Come on and call my name
When you walk on by
Come on, come on, come on, come on
[Verse 16]
I say, la
La, la, la, la
La-la-la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la
La, la-la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, oh
[Verse 17]
La, la, la, la
La-la-la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
La-la-la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, oh
[Verse 18]
When you walk on by
Oh, will you call my name?
When, when you walk on by
Come on and call my name
Oh, yeah
Written by: Keith Forsey, Steve Schiff

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