Name that song (spoken word lyrics) by BruceM

"Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
To get through this thing called life
Electric word life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you
There's something else
The after world"

(start of a 1984 hit)

"Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young
Cold hearted orb that rules the night
Remove the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion"

(end of a 1967 hit - that is the Graeme Edge poem "Late Lament")

"Girl, I'm here for you
All those times at night when you just hurt me
And just ran out with that other fella?
Baby I knew about it
I just didn't care
You just don't understand how much I love you,
Do you?"

(bridge of a 1991 hit)

"Hold on, this song has a little introduction to it
It's ain't supposed to be sad though you might feel it that way
It's a song about desperation
Every now and then we do get desperate
This is a song about L-O-V-E
And if you abuse it you're gonna lose it
And if you lose it you're gonna abuse it and
If you abuse it you ain't gonna be able to choose it"

(from Peter Wolf's intro to the frequently played live version of a 1974 hit)

"You just better start sniffin' your own rank subjugation jack
'Cause it's just you against your tattered libido, the bank and the mortician, forever man
and it wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive"

(1991 cover of a 1973 Bob Dyan song)

"Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell"

(end of a 1983 hit)

Following up on the prevoius question: Which horror movie actor provides that narration of words written by Rod Temperton?

"You know someone said that the world's a stage and each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart.
Act one was when we met.
I loved you at first glance.
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue.
Then came act two:
You seemed to change, you acted strange, And why, I'll never know.
Honey you lied when you said you love me,
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies,
Than to go on living without you."

(except from the bridge of a 1960 hit)

Following up on the prevoius question: What screaming comedian covered that song in a 1989 Tonight Show appearance?

In his version: "I wonder a lot of things, like are you human? How do you live with yourself? Are you a reptile with a nice hairdo?"

"This has got to be the saddest day of my life
I called you here today for a bit of bad news
I won't be able to see you anymore
Because of my obligations and the ties that you have
We've been meeting here every day
And since this is our last day together
I wanna hold you just one more time"

(start of a 1976 hit)

"Turn it up some
Alright boys, this is her favorite song
You know that, right?
So, if we play it good and loud
She might get up and dance again
Ooh, she put her beer down"

(start of a 2005 hit)

"This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose in a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping 'em down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes"

(bridge of a 1987 song not released as a single)